Most Americans Have High Lifetime CV Risk

He noted that he sits on a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute–sponsored panel charged with providing guidance in revising national guidelines for high blood pressure, lipids, and obesity.

Also on the panel is Dr. Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, chairman of preventive medicine at Northwestern University, and the senior investigator in the study presented by Dr. Marma. The panel is eager to encourage more emphasis on lifetime predicted risk for cardiovascular disease, according to Dr. Gibbons.

The data were published simultaneously with the meeting presentation, appearing online in Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (doi:10.1161/circoutcomes.109.869727). The work was funded by the NHLBI.

'Even though they might be at low risk now, they need to do something more.'

Source DR. MARMA