Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs (American Heart Association PREVENT™)

The American Heart Association PREVENT™ equations are designed to estimate cardiovascular disease risk based on cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health factors.
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The American Heart Association PREVENT™ calculator aims to help clinicians assess cardiovascular disease risk and facilitate clinician-patient discussions to optimize primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, which includes the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and heart failure.

What should you know about the PREVENT equations?

  • The PREVENT equations are based on contemporary data from more than 6.5 million diverse U.S. adults and are more applicable to the general U.S. population than previous tools.
  • The equations can estimate 10-year and 30-year risk for total cardiovascular disease in people from ages 30-79 without known cardiovascular disease.
  • PREVENT includes kidney and metabolic health factors in the equations for a more comprehensive and precise estimation of risk compared with previous tools.
  • The PREVENT™ calculator, based on the PREVENT™ equations, uses required clinical information to estimate CVD risk. Three optional predictors, urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and social deprivation index (SDI), can further personalize risk estimates.
  • These equations are intended for use by clinicians to inform clinician-patient discussions and guide primary prevention-focused treatment decisions in alignment with the latest relevant clinical guidelines.

For clinicians: Access the American Heart Association PREVENT™ Calculator

For patients, learn more: PREVENT™ Equations – Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

Understanding Risk Assessment: Introducing the PREVENT Risk Calculator

Explore how the PREVENT risk calculator helps identify at-risk individuals differently than traditional tools. Dr. Sadiya Khan highlights the power of PREVENT to improve prevention, care, and research outcomes across diverse populations.

Accessing the PREVENT open-source code

The American Heart Association is providing open access to the PREVENT source code through a license agreement. The code is available at no cost to health care professionals, health care clinics and systems, academic/research institutions, researchers and companies who provide health risk assessment tools.

Request the PREVENT Code

Infographic form of Instructions for access the PREVENT open-access source code through a license agreement.
  1. Read and accept the terms and conditions of the open-source license agreement
    • Obtain online agreement at heart.org/PREVENT
  2. Access AHA-DS-Analytics/PREVENT on GitHub
    • Provides access to Data Science Support tools including R and STATA
    • Provides documentation for building a PREVENT risk calculator
  3. Build a user interface (UI) internally or engage a third party
    • The code does not include a user interface and must be built

PREVENT Frequently Asked Questions Expert Interview

Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHS, chair of the AHA Presidential Advisory on Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health, leads a frequently asked questions discussion with Sadiyah S. Khan, MD, MSc, lead author for the American Heart Association scientific statement that introduced the novel prediction equations used to develop the PREVENT risk calculator to help clinicians better understand how to make the best use of this new tool.

PREVENT for Primary Care

The American Heart Association PREVENT™ risk calculator is a tool for clinicians to help people understand their risk for developing heart disease, stroke, or heart failure. It is designed to estimate risk based on health factors that assess cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health. Hear Dr. Sadiya Khan and Dr. Howard Haft discuss the risk calculator and the considerations for prevention and primary care.

Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

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PREVENT FAQs (PDF)

Clinical Slide Deck

preview thumbnail of PDF document: Novel Prediction Equations for Absolute Risk Assessment of Total Cardiovascular Disease Incorporating Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the AHA
Clinical Slide Deck (PDF)

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding the use, functionality, or the risks estimated with the PREVENT calculator, please email [email protected].

 

Please see the PREVENT FAQs (PDF) for answers to the most frequently asked questions about PREVENT.