While there is plenty of literature for risk prediction of cardiovascular disease and preventive therapies, risk estimates are less well known for patients aged > 80 years. There is a need to address this gap in knowledge, as the health status of very elderly people will increasingly impact on health care. A detailed study carried out in Beijing by Zhu et al., published in this journal, describes the 5-year risk of cardiovascular disease in 724 very elderly Chinese patients – […]
