
Health Across The Ages
Cardiovascular Risk: Triaging the Worried Well vs. At Risk – Dr. Ata Doost
<p>Cardiovascular Risk: Triaging the Worried Well vs. At Risk – Dr. Ata Doost</p>Speaker: Dr. Ata Doost (Interventional & Structural Cardiologist).Overview: Provides a structured primary care consultation framework to triage low-risk "worried well" individuals against asymptomatic, high-risk patients.Key Takeaways:Absolute Risk Calculation: Recommends using the 5-year absolute cardiovascular risk calculator for patients aged 45–79 (starting at age 35 for patients with diabetes, or age 30 for First Nations individuals).Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Scoring: Emphasizes that CAC scoring should be reserved as a risk modifier in intermediate-risk, asymptomatic patients, avoiding its use in low-risk, established disease, or symptomatic cases.Aspirin Primary Prev...

