Learning objectives
Upon completing this module, participants should be better able to:
- Define the concept of ‘cardiovascular risk factors’
- Understand the need for risk assessment and screening
- Utilise ‘risk engines’ and scoring systems
- Assess which patients to exclude from standard risk assessment
Faculty
Second revision in 2024 by:
Dr Saleem Ansari, Specialist Registrar in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine; and Lipids and Cardiovascular Risk Service, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Jaimini Cegla, Consultant in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine; and Lipids and Cardiovascular Risk Service, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Madhavi Nallagonda, Specialist Registrar in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Programme editor: Dr Dermot Neely, Heart UK Trustee and Adviser
First revision in 2021 by:
Professor Tim Reynolds, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton
Programme editor: Dr Dermot Neely
Original module
Dr Dermot Neely
Dr David Thompson, Clinical Research Fellow, International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London
Accreditation
1 CPD/CME credit, 1.0 hour
BJC Learning has assigned one hour of CPD/CME credit to this module
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