The web-based risk calculators use equations developed by the VAREANZ research team to calculate a risk score. These provide clinicians with an individual estimate of a person’s chance of having a cardiovascular disease event in the next five years.
NZ CVD Risk - History of CVD
This calculates a 5-year absolute risk of CVD for people with prior CVD. Published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (Poppe et al. 2021).
NZ CVD Risk - History of acute coronary syndrome
This calculates a 5-year absolute risk for people for people who have experienced an ACS event. Published in Heart (Poppe et al. 2020).