Calculate your 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — heart attack and stroke — using the ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations. The most widely used cardiovascular risk tool in clinical practice.
Based on ACC/AHA 2013 Pooled Cohort Equations · Ages 40–79
The ASCVD Risk Calculator uses the 2013 ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations to estimate 10-year risk of a first atherosclerotic cardiovascular event — defined as non-fatal myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease death, or fatal/non-fatal stroke.
It remains the most widely used cardiovascular risk tool in clinical practice and serves as the foundation for statin therapy and blood pressure treatment decisions under current U.S. guidelines. In 2023, the AHA introduced the newer PREVENT equations as an alternative that adds kidney function and heart failure risk.
Covers heart attack (fatal & non-fatal) and stroke — the two most common atherosclerotic events.
Used to decide statin therapy: ≥7.5% typically warrants moderate-intensity statin; ≥20% warrants high-intensity statin.
Derived from multiple large U.S. cohort studies. Sex-specific equations calculated separately for men and women.