Use this Heart Age Calculator to estimate how your cardiovascular risk profile compares with your actual age. The calculator uses common risk factors such as age, sex, systolic blood pressure, blood pressure treatment, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, smoking status, diabetes status, and optional BMI to generate an educational heart age estimate.

Heart age is a simple way to explain cardiovascular risk. If your estimated heart age is higher than your actual age, it may suggest that your current risk-factor profile is less favorable than an ideal or lower-risk profile for your age. If your heart age is close to or lower than your actual age, your entered values may be closer to a lower-risk pattern.

Important health note: This calculator provides a general educational estimate only. It does not diagnose heart disease, predict individual outcomes, confirm your true cardiovascular risk, or recommend medication. Do not start, stop, or change blood pressure medicine, cholesterol medicine, diabetes medicine, aspirin, or any treatment based on this calculator. If you have chest pain, severe shortness of breath, fainting, sudden weakness, face drooping, trouble speaking, or other emergency symptoms, seek urgent medical help immediately.

What This Heart Age Calculator Estimates

This calculator estimates a simplified heart age result from the values entered by the user. It is meant to support cardiovascular risk awareness and discussion with a healthcare professional.

Calculator Result	What It Means	Important Note
Estimated heart age	An age-style estimate based on your entered cardiovascular risk factors.	It is not your biological heart age and does not diagnose disease.
Heart age difference	The difference between estimated heart age and actual age.	A positive difference suggests a less favorable risk-factor profile.
Estimated 10-year risk	A simplified estimate of cardiovascular risk over 10 years.	It is not an official clinical ASCVD, PREVENT, QRISK, SCORE2, or Framingham result.
Risk category	A general category based on the simplified risk estimate.	Categories are educational only and may not match clinical risk thresholds.
Total risk score	A simplified scoring value from selected risk factors.	Used internally for the estimate; it is not a diagnosis.
Ideal-risk comparison age	A comparison against a more favorable risk-factor profile.	Used to explain how risk factors may affect the heart age estimate.
Main risk drivers	Inputs that may be contributing most to the result.	Use this as a prompt for discussion, not as treatment advice.

What Is Heart Age?

Heart age is an educational way to describe cardiovascular risk. It compares your entered risk factors with a reference or ideal-risk pattern and expresses the result as an estimated “age” of cardiovascular risk.

For example, a 45-year-old person might receive an estimated heart age of 55 if the entered risk factors suggest a higher cardiovascular risk profile than expected for age. This does not mean the heart is physically 55 years old. It means the risk estimate resembles a higher-age risk profile in the simplified model.

Heart Age vs Actual Age

Result Pattern	General Meaning	What to Do
Heart age lower than actual age	Your entered risk factors may be more favorable than the model’s reference pattern.	Continue routine preventive care and healthy habits.
Heart age close to actual age	Your entered risk factors may be near the model’s comparison pattern.	Review risk factors regularly, especially blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes.
Heart age higher than actual age	Your entered risk factors may suggest elevated cardiovascular risk.	Consider discussing blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, lifestyle, and family history with a healthcare professional.
Heart age much higher than actual age	The entered values may include multiple risk factors or one very strong risk factor.	Do not panic, but do not ignore it. Arrange a professional cardiovascular risk review.

Common Factors Used in Heart Age Calculations

Heart age calculators usually use risk factors that are commonly associated with cardiovascular disease risk. Exact inputs and formulas vary by model.

Risk Factor	Why It Matters	Can It Be Changed?
Age	Cardiovascular risk generally increases with age.	No, but other risk factors can often be managed.
Sex	Risk patterns and model equations often differ by sex.	No, but interpretation should be individualized.
Systolic blood pressure	Higher blood pressure increases strain on blood vessels and the heart.	Often yes, through lifestyle changes and medication when prescribed.
Blood pressure treatment	Being on treatment can indicate a history of high blood pressure.	Treatment should be managed by a clinician.
Total cholesterol	Higher cholesterol levels can contribute to atherosclerotic risk.	Often yes, through diet, activity, weight management, and medication when prescribed.
HDL cholesterol	HDL is part of cholesterol risk assessment.	May be influenced by lifestyle, genetics, and health status.
Smoking	Smoking is a major cardiovascular risk factor.	Yes. Quitting smoking can reduce risk over time.
Diabetes	Diabetes is associated with higher cardiovascular risk.	Risk can often be managed with medical care, lifestyle, and glucose control.
BMI	BMI may provide additional context about body size.	Sometimes, but BMI does not directly measure body fat or fitness.

How Heart Age Is Estimated

This calculator uses a simplified educational scoring approach. It is designed to explain risk-factor patterns, not to replace official clinical risk tools.

Step	What the Calculator Does	Purpose
Step 1	Collects risk factor inputs such as age, sex, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, and optional BMI.	Builds a basic cardiovascular risk profile.
Step 2	Applies simplified risk scoring.	Estimates a general 10-year risk category.
Step 3	Compares the risk profile with an ideal or lower-risk pattern.	Creates an age-style risk comparison.
Step 4	Shows estimated heart age and heart age difference.	Makes the risk estimate easier to understand.
Step 5	Highlights possible main risk drivers.	Helps users identify topics to discuss with a healthcare professional.

Official Risk Calculators vs This Educational Calculator

Clinical cardiovascular risk calculators are designed for use with specific populations, age ranges, countries, equations, and clinical guidelines. This page is not an official clinical risk calculator.

Calculator Type	Common Use	Important Difference
ASCVD risk estimator	Used in U.S. clinical cardiovascular risk discussions.	Uses specific validated equations and clinical criteria.
AHA PREVENT calculator	Estimates cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic risk in primary prevention contexts.	Designed as a clinician-oriented risk tool with specific inputs and equations.
QRISK	Used in the UK for cardiovascular risk estimation.	Built for a specific healthcare context and population data.
SCORE2	Used in European cardiovascular risk assessment contexts.	Uses region-specific risk calibration.
Framingham risk equations	Used in cardiovascular risk research and some risk tools.	Based on long-term population data and specific model assumptions.
This Heart Age Calculator	Educational risk-awareness estimate.	Simplified model; not for diagnosis or treatment decisions.

Inputs Used by This Calculator

Input	Accepted Meaning	Entry Note
Sex	Male or female risk-model selection.	Risk equations often use sex-specific coefficients.
Age	Current age in years.	Use your current age, not the age you feel or target age.
Systolic blood pressure	The top number in a blood pressure reading.	Use a recent, properly measured value in mmHg.
Blood pressure treatment	Whether you currently take blood pressure medication.	Do not stop or change medication based on this calculator.
Total cholesterol	Total cholesterol from a blood test.	Enter the value in the selected unit, mg/dL or mmol/L.
HDL cholesterol	HDL cholesterol from a blood test.	Enter the value in the selected unit, mg/dL or mmol/L.
Smoking status	Current smoker or non-smoker.	Former smoking history may still matter clinically even if not fully captured.
Diabetes	Whether diabetes is present.	Diabetes risk should be managed with professional care.
BMI	Optional body mass index value.	BMI is optional and does not directly measure body fat or fitness.

Cholesterol Unit Conversion

The calculator may allow cholesterol values in mg/dL or mmol/L. Make sure the selected unit matches your lab report.

Conversion	Formula	Example
Total cholesterol mg/dL to mmol/L	mmol/L = mg/dL ÷ 38.67	200 mg/dL ÷ 38.67 ≈ 5.17 mmol/L
Total cholesterol mmol/L to mg/dL	mg/dL = mmol/L × 38.67	5.17 mmol/L × 38.67 ≈ 200 mg/dL
HDL cholesterol mg/dL to mmol/L	mmol/L = mg/dL ÷ 38.67	50 mg/dL ÷ 38.67 ≈ 1.29 mmol/L
HDL cholesterol mmol/L to mg/dL	mg/dL = mmol/L × 38.67	1.29 mmol/L × 38.67 ≈ 50 mg/dL

Blood Pressure Input Note

This calculator uses systolic blood pressure, which is the top number in a blood pressure reading. For example, in a reading of 130/80 mmHg, the systolic blood pressure is 130 mmHg.

Blood Pressure Term	Meaning	Use in This Calculator
Systolic blood pressure	The pressure when the heart contracts.	Used as a main input.
Diastolic blood pressure	The pressure when the heart relaxes between beats.	Not directly used in this calculator.
Blood pressure treatment	Whether you are taking medication for blood pressure.	Used as a risk-model input.

Blood pressure can vary throughout the day. A single reading may not represent your usual blood pressure. For medical decisions, use properly measured readings and professional guidance.

How to Use This Heart Age Calculator

1. Select sex.
2. Enter current age.
3. Enter systolic blood pressure in mmHg.
4. Select whether you are currently on blood pressure medication.
5. Enter total cholesterol and choose the correct cholesterol unit.
6. Enter HDL cholesterol using the same unit setting.
7. Select smoking status.
8. Select diabetes status.
9. Enter BMI if you know it. This field is optional.
10. Click Calculate.
11. Review estimated heart age, heart age difference, estimated 10-year risk, risk category, total risk score, ideal-risk comparison age, and main risk drivers.
12. Use the result as an educational prompt for prevention discussion, not as a diagnosis or medication recommendation.

Worked Example

Suppose a person enters the following values:

Input	Example Value
Sex	Male
Age	50 years
Systolic blood pressure	130 mmHg
Blood pressure treatment	No
Total cholesterol	200 mg/dL
HDL cholesterol	50 mg/dL
Smoking status	Non-smoker
Diabetes	No
BMI	27

Step	What Happens	Result Meaning
Step 1	The calculator reads the entered risk factors.	Age, sex, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, and BMI are used to form a risk profile.
Step 2	The simplified scoring model estimates cardiovascular risk.	The result is educational, not clinical diagnosis.
Step 3	The risk estimate is compared with a lower-risk or ideal-risk pattern.	This produces the estimated heart age.
Step 4	The calculator lists possible main risk drivers.	These are topics to discuss with a healthcare professional if needed.

In this example, the calculator may show whether the entered blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI, smoking, or diabetes status is contributing to a higher estimated heart age. The exact result depends on the simplified model and should not be used as a clinical risk score.

How to Interpret Your Result

Output	What It Means	What It Does Not Mean
Estimated heart age	A simplified age-style cardiovascular risk comparison.	It does not measure the physical age of your heart.
Heart age difference	How much older or younger the estimate is compared with actual age.	It does not predict exactly when or whether a heart event will happen.
Estimated 10-year risk	A simplified educational risk estimate.	It is not an official clinical risk score.
Risk category	A broad label for the simplified estimate.	It may not match the risk category from a doctor’s clinical calculator.
Main risk drivers	Inputs that may be influencing the result most strongly.	They are not a diagnosis or treatment plan.

Risk Category Interpretation

Risk categories are simplified educational labels. A healthcare professional may use a different model, a different age range, additional lab values, kidney function, medication history, family history, or country-specific guidelines.

Category	General Meaning	Suggested Next Step
Lower estimated risk	Entered values suggest a more favorable risk-factor pattern.	Continue routine checkups and healthy prevention habits.
Moderate estimated risk	Some risk factors may deserve attention.	Review blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, BMI, family history, and lifestyle with a healthcare professional.
Higher estimated risk	Entered values suggest a less favorable risk-factor pattern.	Arrange a professional cardiovascular risk assessment.
Very high or concerning estimate	Multiple risk factors or extreme values may be present.	Do not use the calculator for decisions. Seek medical review.

Main Risk Drivers Explained

The “main risk drivers” section is meant to highlight inputs that may be influencing the estimate. These are not diagnoses, and they do not prove cause.

Risk Driver	Why It May Raise Heart Age	Discussion Point
High systolic blood pressure	Blood pressure is a major cardiovascular risk factor.	Ask about proper measurement, home monitoring, lifestyle, and treatment targets.
Blood pressure treatment	May indicate a history of hypertension.	Do not stop medication; review control and treatment goals with a clinician.
High total cholesterol	Cholesterol is part of atherosclerotic risk assessment.	Ask about LDL, HDL, triglycerides, non-HDL cholesterol, and medication need.
Low HDL cholesterol	HDL is one part of cholesterol risk modeling.	Discuss overall lipid profile rather than focusing on HDL alone.
Current smoking	Smoking strongly increases cardiovascular risk.	Ask about quitting support, nicotine replacement, counseling, or medication options.
Diabetes	Diabetes is associated with elevated cardiovascular risk.	Discuss blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney health, and prevention plan.
Higher BMI	BMI may contribute to cardiometabolic risk patterns.	Review waist size, activity, diet, sleep, blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol.

What This Calculator Does Not Include

Many important cardiovascular risk factors may not be included in a simplified heart age calculator. This is why the result should be treated as a screening-style estimate only.

Not Fully Included	Why It May Matter
Family history of early heart disease	Can influence risk beyond standard risk factors.
LDL cholesterol	Often central to cholesterol management decisions.
Triglycerides and non-HDL cholesterol	May add lipid-risk context.
Kidney function	Kidney health is closely linked with cardiovascular risk.
Ethnicity or ancestry	Some clinical tools adjust for population-specific risk patterns.
Physical activity and fitness	Important for cardiovascular health but difficult to capture in a simple score.
Diet quality	Diet affects blood pressure, cholesterol, weight, and diabetes risk.
Sleep and stress	May influence blood pressure, metabolic health, and lifestyle behaviors.
Inflammatory or autoimmune conditions	Some conditions can increase cardiovascular risk.
Pregnancy-related history	History such as preeclampsia or gestational diabetes may matter clinically.
Previous heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular disease	People with known disease need clinical management, not a simple primary-prevention estimate.

When This Calculator May Not Be Appropriate

Situation	Why Caution Is Needed	Better Action
Known heart disease, previous heart attack, stroke, TIA, or peripheral artery disease	Risk estimation and treatment decisions are different after cardiovascular disease is already present.	Follow clinician guidance and secondary-prevention care.
Chest pain, severe breathlessness, fainting, or stroke symptoms	These may be urgent symptoms.	Seek emergency medical help immediately.
Very high blood pressure reading	Severe hypertension may need prompt clinical assessment.	Follow local urgent-care guidance or clinician advice.
Very high cholesterol or known familial hypercholesterolemia	Standard simplified risk estimates may underestimate lifetime risk.	Discuss with a healthcare professional.
Pregnancy or recent pregnancy complications	Risk interpretation may require specialist guidance.	Ask a clinician about appropriate assessment.
Under age ranges used by clinical models	Many risk equations are validated only in adults within specific age ranges.	Use professional guidance rather than calculator output.
Taking multiple medications or having complex medical conditions	Risk factors and treatment decisions may be individualized.	Use clinician-led assessment.

Ways to Support Heart Health

The best next step depends on your health history and risk factors. The general strategies below are common prevention topics to discuss with a healthcare professional.

Area	General Heart-Health Action	Professional Guidance Note
Blood pressure	Measure accurately, reduce excess sodium when appropriate, stay active, manage weight, and take prescribed medication as directed.	Ask your clinician about your personal blood pressure target.
Cholesterol	Review lipid results, improve diet quality, exercise regularly, and take prescribed medicine if recommended.	Medication decisions depend on full risk assessment, not this calculator alone.
Smoking	Quitting smoking can reduce cardiovascular risk over time.	Ask about evidence-based quitting support.
Diabetes	Manage blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney health, and lifestyle factors.	Coordinate care with a qualified healthcare professional.
Physical activity	Regular activity can support blood pressure, cholesterol, insulin sensitivity, weight, and fitness.	Ask before starting intense exercise if you have symptoms or medical conditions.
Nutrition	Focus on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, fish or lean proteins, and less highly processed food.	People with kidney disease, diabetes, or special diets may need individualized advice.
Weight and waist size	For some people, gradual weight or waist reduction can improve risk factors.	Avoid crash dieting; ask for help if weight or eating concerns are complex.
Sleep and stress	Sleep quality and stress management may support overall cardiovascular health.	Persistent symptoms, anxiety, depression, or sleep apnea concerns should be reviewed.

Heart Age and Medication Decisions

This calculator must not be used to decide whether you need medication. Medication decisions may depend on official risk calculators, repeated measurements, lab results, kidney function, diabetes status, family history, age, pregnancy history, symptoms, imaging, side effects, and clinical guidelines.

Medication Area	Do Not Use This Calculator To Decide	Better Practice
Blood pressure medicine	Whether to start, stop, increase, or reduce medication.	Use clinician guidance and properly measured blood pressure readings.
Cholesterol medicine	Whether to start or stop statins or other lipid-lowering therapy.	Use official risk assessment and clinician advice.
Diabetes medicine	Whether to change glucose-lowering treatment.	Coordinate with the clinician managing diabetes care.
Aspirin or blood thinners	Whether to use aspirin, anticoagulants, or antiplatelet therapy.	These decisions require individualized bleeding-risk and cardiovascular-risk review.
Supplements	Whether supplements can replace medical treatment.	Discuss supplements with a clinician, especially if taking medicines.

How to Prepare for a Heart Risk Discussion

If your result is concerning, use it as a prompt to collect accurate information for a healthcare visit.

Information to Bring	Why It Helps
Recent blood pressure readings	Repeated values are more useful than one reading.
Cholesterol panel	LDL, HDL, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and non-HDL cholesterol may matter.
Diabetes or A1C results	Glucose control affects cardiovascular risk.
Current medicine list	Medicines can affect risk factors and treatment decisions.
Family history	Early heart disease in close relatives may affect risk assessment.
Smoking or nicotine history	Current and past tobacco exposure are important.
Kidney function results	Kidney health can affect cardiovascular risk and medication choices.
Symptoms	Chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, fainting, or leg pain should be discussed.

Practical Uses

Use Case	How the Calculator Helps
Risk awareness	Shows how common risk factors may affect a simplified cardiovascular age estimate.
Health education	Explains why blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, and BMI matter.
Preparing for a checkup	Helps users identify topics to discuss with a clinician.
Lifestyle motivation	Can encourage users to consider prevention habits and routine screening.
Understanding risk drivers	Highlights which entered values may be contributing to higher estimated heart age.
Comparing scenarios	Can show how different input values may change the educational estimate.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Mistake	Why It Causes Problems	Better Practice
Treating heart age as a diagnosis	Heart age is an educational risk estimate, not a medical diagnosis.	Use it as a discussion prompt.
Using old blood pressure or cholesterol values	Outdated values may not reflect current risk factors.	Use recent readings or lab results when available.
Entering cholesterol in the wrong unit	mg/dL and mmol/L values are very different.	Match the unit selector to your lab report.
Ignoring blood pressure treatment status	Treatment status may influence risk scoring.	Answer based on whether you currently take blood pressure medication.
Assuming a low result means no risk	No calculator can rule out all cardiovascular risk.	Continue routine preventive care and seek help for symptoms.
Changing medication because of the result	Medication decisions require clinical review.	Speak with a healthcare professional.
Ignoring family history or symptoms	Simplified calculators may not capture all important risks.	Discuss family history and symptoms with a clinician.
Using the calculator after a heart attack or stroke as if it were primary prevention	Risk management is different after cardiovascular disease is present.	Follow a clinician’s secondary-prevention plan.

Assumptions and Limitations

• This calculator uses a simplified Framingham-style educational scoring model.
• It is not an official ASCVD, PREVENT, QRISK, SCORE2, or Framingham clinical calculator.
• It assumes the values entered by the user are accurate and current.
• It does not diagnose heart disease, stroke risk, heart failure, atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or any medical condition.
• It does not predict individual outcomes or guarantee that a cardiovascular event will or will not happen.
• It may not include family history, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, kidney function, ethnicity, pregnancy history, inflammatory conditions, sleep, stress, diet, exercise, medications, or previous cardiovascular disease.
• It does not replace professional cardiovascular risk assessment, blood pressure diagnosis, cholesterol interpretation, or medication decision-making.
• It should not be used for emergency symptoms, known cardiovascular disease, pregnancy-related risk concerns, or complex medical conditions.
• Results may differ from official clinical calculators because the equations, thresholds, age ranges, populations, and inputs may differ.

When You May Need More Than This Calculator

Need	Better Source or Method
Official 10-year cardiovascular risk	Use a clinician-approved risk calculator appropriate for your country and health system.
Medication decision	Use professional medical assessment and guideline-based care.
Chest pain or emergency symptoms	Seek urgent medical help immediately.
Known heart disease or previous stroke	Follow a clinician’s secondary-prevention plan.
Very high blood pressure	Use clinical evaluation and appropriate urgent-care guidance.
Diabetes, kidney disease, or complex conditions	Use individualized medical care.
Family history of early heart disease	Discuss with a clinician because simplified calculators may not fully capture inherited risk.
Detailed lipid interpretation	Review LDL, HDL, triglycerides, non-HDL cholesterol, and other markers with a healthcare professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is heart age?

Heart age is an educational estimate that expresses cardiovascular risk as an age-style comparison. It compares your entered risk factors with a reference or lower-risk profile.

Is heart age the same as actual age?

No. Actual age is your chronological age. Heart age is an estimated risk comparison based on selected cardiovascular risk factors.

Can this calculator diagnose heart disease?

No. This calculator does not diagnose heart disease, stroke risk, heart failure, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, or any medical condition.

Is this an official ASCVD, PREVENT, QRISK, or Framingham calculator?

No. This calculator uses a simplified Framingham-style educational model. It is not an official clinical risk calculator and should not replace professional medical assessment.

Why does systolic blood pressure matter?

Systolic blood pressure is a major cardiovascular risk factor. Higher values may increase the estimated heart age in risk models.

Why does cholesterol matter?

Cholesterol values are commonly used in cardiovascular risk assessment. Total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol help describe part of a person’s lipid-risk profile.

Why does smoking affect heart age?

Current smoking is a major cardiovascular risk factor and can raise the estimated heart age in many risk models.

Why does diabetes affect heart age?

Diabetes is associated with higher cardiovascular risk and is commonly included in risk prediction models.

Can heart age improve?

Risk-factor estimates can improve when blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes control, physical activity, nutrition, weight, sleep, and other factors improve. Medication and lifestyle decisions should be guided by a healthcare professional.

Should I change medicine based on this result?

No. Do not start, stop, or change blood pressure medicine, cholesterol medicine, diabetes medicine, aspirin, or any treatment based on this calculator. Speak with a qualified healthcare professional.

Report an Issue

If you notice an incorrect result, unclear explanation, broken input field, unit conversion issue, or formatting problem with this Heart Age Calculator, please contact us through the Contact Us page. Include the sex, age, systolic blood pressure, blood pressure treatment status, cholesterol values, cholesterol unit, smoking status, diabetes status, BMI if entered, and result shown so we can review the issue.

References

1. CDC — Heart Disease Risk Factors
2. CDC — High Blood Pressure Risk Factors
3. American Heart Association — About PREVENT Calculator
4. American Heart Association — PREVENT Online Calculator
5. NHS — Calculate Your Heart Age
6. British Heart Foundation — Check Your Heart Age
7. Heart Foundation — Heart Age Calculator

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Heart Age Calculator Disclaimer

This Heart Age Calculator provides a general educational cardiovascular risk estimate only. It estimates heart age, heart age difference, simplified 10-year risk, risk category, total risk score, ideal-risk comparison age, and possible main risk drivers from the sex, age, systolic blood pressure, blood pressure treatment status, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, smoking status, diabetes status, and optional BMI entered by the user.

This calculator uses a simplified Framingham-style educational scoring model. It is not an official ASCVD, PREVENT, QRISK, SCORE2, or Framingham clinical calculator. It does not diagnose heart disease, stroke risk, heart failure, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, or any medical condition. It does not predict individual outcomes and does not determine whether medication, testing, imaging, or treatment is needed.

Do not start, stop, or change blood pressure medicine, cholesterol medicine, diabetes medicine, aspirin, supplements, or any treatment based on this calculator. For accurate cardiovascular risk assessment, use a qualified healthcare professional, recent blood pressure readings, lab results, medical history, family history, medication review, and appropriate clinical risk tools. If you have chest pain, severe shortness of breath, fainting, sudden weakness, face drooping, trouble speaking, or other emergency symptoms, seek urgent medical help immediately.