What is it about?
Many young adults who do not smoke and have relatively normal levels of cholesterol and blood pressure are still in risk for cardiovascular events. We show that low fitness can be used to identify these individual, which can help prevent future cardiovascular disease in these patients.
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Why is it important?
Adding fitness to the European SCORE risk stratification model can significantly improve the accuracy of the model. This will allow 50% better risk stratification, that can be used to identify high risk patients.
Perspectives
Fitness is an important marker of high cardiovascular risk. Primary care providers should always look at the fitness level of the patient when interpreting normal exercise stress test results. In patients where the cardiovascular risk is not clear or borderline, fitness can be used to help make decision about cardiovascular treatment and prevention strategies.
Dr Elad Maor
Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
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This page is a summary of: Use of exercise capacity to improve SCORE risk prediction model in asymptomatic adults, European Heart Journal, February 2016, European Society of Cardiology,
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw053.
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