2023-06-13 20:45:16
New heart attack risk test from the German Heart Foundation. Photo: German Heart Foundation
German Heart Foundation, heart attack: How at risk are you?
Frankfurt am Main, 12. Juni 2023
More than 45,000 people die of heart attacks and 65,000 of sudden cardiac death in Germany every year because many of those affected knew too late or not at all about their heart disease and the risk factors that caused it. To protect people from these life-threatening cardiac emergencies and to help assess the risk of having a heart attack for the first time or recurring, the German Heart Foundation has renewed its heart attack risk test (www.herzstiftung.de/ risk) and expanded. What is new is that the test determines the heart age. “The test result makes it easy to see whether there is a need for action,” explains Prof. Dr. medical Heribert Schunkert, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the German Heart Foundation.
In addition, the test can be used by both people with heart disease and healthy people without a diagnosis of heart disease to assess their personal risk. In people who already have heart disease, the risk of another heart attack is estimated instead of heart age. Overall, the evaluation is based on the newly stored risk scores [1] even more differentiated than in the previous version. The risk test was scientifically conducted by a Munich resident #cardiologists Team led by Prof. Dr. medical Heribert Schunkert, Medical Director of the German Heart Center #München (DHM) and Dr. medical Fabian Starnecker, resident at the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases #DHM developed. Those interested can Online Test perform on the website. “In most cases, a heart attack is preceded by a long-standing disease of the coronary arteries, coronary artery disease, which in turn is caused by risk diseases such as high blood pressure, lipid metabolism disorders, i.e. high cholesterol, smoking or diabetes. The risk test helps to identify these risks quickly and easily,” explains Prof. Schunkert.
Calculation of the individual #risk
The personal risk profile is determined using 23 quick-to-answer questions. In addition to age and gender, for example #Weight, #Pre-existing illness, #blood pressure, cholesterol, nicotine consumption, diet, exercise and medication. At the end, the result is given with an individual assessment of the risk. The test indicates how high the risk is compared to the average risk for both people without and people with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases. The result is calculated using scientifically tested risk scores. “However, a bad test result does not mean that you are helpless at the mercy of a heart attack, but rather serves as a request to do something for your health,” emphasizes Dr. Starnecker and advises: “It’s best to see an internist or cardiologist to develop a heart attack strategy together.”
Pay attention to a healthy lifestyle
The risk test is not intended to replace a visit to the doctor, but rather to assess the personal cardiovascular risk #Diseases help to be able to take countermeasures as early as possible. The aim is to show ways to keep the heart young for longer, to stay healthy and also the risk of a new one #Heart attack to minimize. The test provides people with a healthy heart as well as people who are already ill with important information as to whether more should be done to improve their own heart health.
Podcast: Testing the heart risk – how well is that possible?
In the current podcast, Prof. Heribert Schunkert and Dr. Fabian Starnecker, who helped develop the test, how reliable such a test can be, more Â
The #Podcast “imPULS – Knowledge for Health” now has around 110,000 listeners.
1.) Die Risiko Scores des Herzinfarkt- Risikotests, Framingham Risk Score: Rospleszcz, et altera, Temporal trends in cardiovascular risk factors and performance of the Framingham Risk Score and the Pooled Cohort Equations, BMJ Jech, 2019. Score 2 OP risk prediction algorithms: Score 2 OP working group and ESC Cardiovascular risk collaboration, Score 2 risk prediction algorithms: a) new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe, European Heart Journal, 2021 b) estimating incident cardiovascular event risk in older persons in four geographical risk regions, European Heart Journal, 2021.
German Heart Foundation e. V
Bockenheimer LandstraÃe 94Â96
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone +49699551280
www.herzstiftung.de
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