Estimation of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular event risk in patients with established cardiovascular disease: the updated SMART2 algorithm.
Steven H J HagemanAilsa J McKayPeter UedaLaura H GunnTomas JernbergEmil HagströmDeepak L BhattPh Gabriel StegKristi LällReedik MägiMari Nordbø GynnildHanne EllekjærIngvild SaltvedtJosé Tuñón FernándezIgnacio MahílloÁlvaro AceñaKarol Adam KamińskiMałgorzata ChlabiczEmilia SawickaTaavi TillmannJohn William McEvoyEmanuele Di AngelantonioIan M GrahamDirk De BacquerKausik K RayJannick A N DorresteijnFrank L J VisserenPublished in: European heart journal (2022)
The SMART2 risk score provides an updated, validated tool for the prediction of recurrent ASCVD events in patients with established ASCVD across European and non-European populations. The use of this tool could allow for a more personalized approach to secondary prevention based upon quantitative rather than qualitative estimates of residual risk.