Heart Health

Risk can't be calculated

Your situation (severe hypercholesterolemia short-circuits the risk score) Risk not calculable

Testrisk-unknownNo one has reached this rule yet

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What someone who reaches this rule is told

Word for word, as generated for the example person below. Figures in the text are theirs.

  • Needs more information

    Not enough information to place you in a risk category — a full lipid panel and blood pressure reading are needed to estimate 10-year ASCVD risk.

    The PREVENT equations require systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and HDL at minimum.

    2026 ACC/AHA/Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia · Incomplete data

An example person who reaches it

Low risk, calculator can't finish” — an illustrative profile, not a real user.

50-year-old manno blood pressure readingLDL 120

Their path through cholesterol

  1. Known ASCVD (prior heart attack, stroke, or revascularization)?No
  2. Your situation (severe hypercholesterolemia short-circuits the risk score)Risk not calculable ← this rule

Where it sits

Asked after: No known cardiovascular disease

Sources

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Runs in lib/engine/lipidPathway.ts as risk-unknown.