Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease 10-Year Risk Estimator Clinical Classification

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A standardized rating scale developed by Goff et al in 2013, which is a classification system used to estimate 10-year and lifetime risks for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This estimation takes into consideration of an individual's sex, age, race, diabetes and smoking histories, treatment for hypertension, as well as systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels.

**Synonyms:** - ASCVD 10-YEAR RISK - ASCVD 10-Year Risk Estimator - ASCVD1