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2. New York Heart Association Functional Classification

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   The New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification provides a simple way of classifying the extent of heart failure.It places patients in one of four categories based on how much they are limited during physical activity; the limitations/symptoms are in regard to normal breathing and varying degrees in shortness of breath and/or angina.

3. Charlson Comorbidity Index - Wikipedia

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   Since patients often do not know how severe their conditions are, nurses were originally supposed to review a patient's chart and determine whether a particular condition was present in order to calculate the index. Subsequent studies have adapted the comorbidity index into a questionnaire for patients.

4. CHA2DS2–VASc score - Wikipedia

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   To complement the CHADS 2 score, by the inclusion of additional 'stroke risk modifier' risk factors, the CHA 2 DS 2-VASc-score has been proposed. [8]In clinical use, the CHADS 2 score has been superseded by the CHA 2 DS 2-VASc score, which gives a better stratification of low-risk patients.

5. Will you have a stroke? These 17 factors can be predictors ...

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   When it comes to stroke prevention, the guideline stresses the need for risk assessment—including with a risk assessment calculator that estimates 10-year and 30-year stroke and heart disease ...

6. Framingham Risk Score - Wikipedia

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   The Framingham Risk Score was first developed based on data obtained from the Framingham Heart Study, to estimate the 10-year risk of developing coronary heart disease. [1] In order to assess the 10-year cardiovascular disease risk, cerebrovascular events , peripheral artery disease and heart failure were subsequently added as disease outcomes ...

7. Revised Cardiac Risk Index - Wikipedia

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   The Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) is a tool used to estimate a patient's risk of perioperative cardiac complications. The RCRI and similar clinical prediction tools are derived by looking for an association between preoperative variables (e.g., patient's age, type of surgery, comorbid diagnoses, or laboratory data) and the risk for cardiac complications in a cohort of surgical patients ...