Developed by the National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance and endorsed by the National Health & Medical Research Council, the Guidelines for the Assessment of Absolute Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk allow General Practitioners to consider all risk factors together when assessing the likelihood a patient will develop CVD within five years. This guideline makes recommendations for assessing absolute risk in adults and the rationale for each recommendation.

A concise version of the full Guidelines for the Assessment of Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk including an adaptation of New Zealand risk charts for use in Australia