Heart and blood vessels: risk checks and calculators
Risk calculators and screening checks for heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and artery disease. Each one names the published score or guideline it uses and who it was validated for.
Heart disease risk (PREVENT)
10 and 30-year risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, ages 30 to 79.
Stroke risk factor check
Which of the CDC stroke risk factors apply to you, with a CHA2DS2-VASc explainer.
ASCVD risk (Pooled Cohort Equations)
10-year risk of heart attack or stroke from the 2013 equations.
Heart age calculator
Your heart age compared with your real age, from the Framingham risk model.
Statin eligibility check
Whether USPSTF advice on statins for prevention fits your age and risk.
High blood pressure screening
How often adults should have their blood pressure checked.
Framingham risk score
10-year risk of any cardiovascular disease from the 2008 general model.
Hypertension risk
Chance of developing high blood pressure in 1, 2 or 4 years (Framingham).
Life's Essential 8 score
The American Heart Association's 0 to 100 heart health score.
LDL cholesterol calculator
LDL from a standard lipid panel, plus cholesterol ratios.
Daily aspirin check
What USPSTF advice says about aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.
Atrial fibrillation risk
10-year risk of AFib from the Framingham model.
Atrial fibrillation screening
What USPSTF advice says about screening for AFib without symptoms.
Heart failure risk
4-year risk of heart failure from the Framingham model.
MESA heart risk
10-year coronary heart disease risk that uses a coronary calcium score.
Reynolds risk score
10-year heart risk for men that adds hsCRP and family history.
HAS-BLED score
Bleeding risk on blood thinners for people with AFib.
ABCD2 score
Early stroke risk after a transient ischemic attack (TIA).
Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
Who USPSTF advises to have a one-time ultrasound check.
Carotid artery screening
What USPSTF advice says about screening for narrowed neck arteries.
ECG screening check
Whether an ECG (EKG) is advised when you have no symptoms.
Peripheral artery disease screening
What USPSTF advice says about ABI screening without symptoms.
PAD risk calculator
4-year risk of leg artery disease (Framingham claudication model).
Ankle-brachial index (ABI)
Your ABI from ankle and arm blood pressures, with standard ranges.
Remnant cholesterol
Cholesterol carried outside LDL and HDL, from a standard lipid panel.
Atherogenic index of plasma (AIP)
Log ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol.
Triglyceride to HDL ratio
Triglycerides divided by HDL cholesterol.
Mediterranean diet score (MEDAS)
14 questions on how closely you follow a Mediterranean diet.
Heart-healthy lifestyle counseling
Whether USPSTF advises diet and activity counseling for you.
Vitamins for heart and cancer
What USPSTF advice says about supplements to prevent heart disease and cancer.
Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI)
Heart complication risk before non-cardiac surgery.
Duke Activity Status Index (DASI)
Functional capacity in METs from 12 everyday activities.
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