New heart disease risk score outperforms existing test

An independent external validation of QRISK -- a new score for predicting a person's risk of heart disease — has shown that it performs better than the existing test and should be recommended for use in the United Kingdom by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news166269240.html">New heart disease risk score outperforms existing test</a></p> <p>An independent external validation of QRISK -- a new score for predicting a person's risk of heart disease — has shown that it performs better than the existing test and should be recommended for use in the United Kingdom by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).</p>