Cardiac Risk Assessment

Course Details

Cardiac risk calculators are an important tool for estimating a patient’s risk of future cardiovascular disease. In this CPD activity, review the risk tools available, and delve into the Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) test.

This is a RACGP CPD module with an allocated 0.5 hours of Education Activities (EA) and 1 hour of Reflective Practice (RP) under the RACGP 2023-25 CPD program.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Review clinical application of cardiovascular risk tools in practice
  2. Discuss patient selection for the application of CACS in clinical practice and limitations of CACS
  3. Discuss CACS/ CV risk calculator tools guiding therapy to improve patient outcomes

This activity is presented by A/Prof Arthur Nasis, Consultant Cardiologist and Director at Victorian Heart.

This presentation was recorded in 2024.

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