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Published Online First: 6 June 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.092668
Heart 2006;92:1713-1714
Copyright © 2006 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

The value of risk scores

J S Jürgensen

Correspondence to:
Dr med Jan Steffen Jürgensen
Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; jan_steffen.juergensen{at}charite.de

ABSTRACT

Efforts to improve cardiovascular risk scoring should not be limited to broadening the biomarkers but should also include the individual’s personal circumstances and socioeconomic status

Keywords: risk scores; prediction; prevention; cardiovascular disease; socioeconomic status


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