Cardiovascular Risk Stratification of Ambulatory Patients in Primary Prevention

Cardiovascular Risk Stratification of Ambulatory Patients in Primary Prevention. RISK Study

This is an observational, cross-sectional, national multicenter study, trying to obtain local data about the global cardiovascular risk profile of patients attending ambulatory offices of general practitioners and cardiologists.

The aim of the study is to describe how physicians diagnose and stratify their patients in cardiovascular primary prevention setting and to highlight if patients are stratify through objective tools (risk scores and in this case, wich of them are used) or in subjective ways (clinical evaluation).

This is an observational, cross-sectional, national multicenter study, trying to obtain local data about the global cardiovascular risk profile of patients attending ambulatory offices of general practitioners and cardiologists.

The aim of the study is to describe how physicians diagnose and stratify their patients in cardiovascular primary prevention setting and to highlight if patients are stratify through objective tools (risk scores and in this case, wich of them are used) or in subjective ways (clinical evaluation).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients older than 18 years of age, who give their written consent to take part.
• Patients without known vascular disease (primary prevention) under follow-up by the investigator, whose medical records have been initiated during the last 3 years.
• Patients who have completed their baseline CV risk assessment Lipid lowering treatment naive patients at the time of the stratification.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Incomplete or missing medical record data.
• Subjects with prior cardiovascular disease (peripheral vascular disease, coronary or cerebrovascular disease) symptomatic or asymptomatic.
• Subjects with terminal status disease or short life expectancy.
• Hypothyroidism without proper control.
• Pregnancy.
• Medical records compiled within a period longer than 3 years to the date of inclusion.