Resumen de Validation of the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Pooled Cohort Risk Equations

Paul Muntner, Lisandro D. Colantonio, Mary Cushman, David C. Goff

• Importance The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Pooled Cohort risk equations were developed to estimate atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and guide statin initiation.

  Objective To assess calibration and discrimination of the Pooled Cohort risk equations in a contemporary US population.