This guideline was released in 2023 and replaces the Guidelines for the management of absolute cardiovascular disease risk (2012), incorporating a new risk calculator and updated evidence-based recommendations on assessing and managing CVD risk to reduce cardiovascular events.

The guideline includes:

• recommendations for when and how to assess CVD risk
• guidance and tools for using the new Aus CVD Risk Calculator
• practical advice on how to apply the recommendations
• tools to support communicating CVD risk
• recommendations on how to manage CVD risk
• a summary of the available evidence supporting the recommended approaches to risk assessment and management, together with the rationale for how available evidence has been interpreted for the Australian setting
• specific recommendations, resources and practice points for assessing and managing CVD risk in First Nations people.