Predicting major adverse cardiovascular events for secondary prevention: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of risk prediction models

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. With advances in early diagnosis and treatment of CVD and increasing life expectancy, more people are surviving initial CVD events. However, models for stratifying disease severity risk in patients wi...

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Main Authors: Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Stephen F Weng, Folkert W Asselbergs, Anthony S Wierzbicki, Riyaz S Patel, Ralph K Akyea, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Paul Durrington, Oluwaseun H Ibiwoye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/7/e034564.full