“Cardiabetes”: Is It Time for a New Subspecialty?
With a growing number of patients with both diabetes and cardiovascular disease, clinicians consider the need for a new specialty: cardiometabolic medicine.
Dyslipidemia
Low Serum Cholesterol Levels May Worsen Peripheral Nerve Damage in Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers examined the association between cholesterol metabolism and sciatic nerve alterations in T2D.
Synopsis of the Updated AHA/ACC Guideline for ASCVD Risk Reduction
The AHA/ACC published a new clinical practice guideline on managing cholesterol and provided a risk assessment report on primary prevention of ASCVD.
Case Study: Reducing Future ASCVD Risk Post-STEMI
Angio – CT scan of the postoperative condition of a 57 yearold male patient who has been treated for stenosis of the left anterior interventricular artery by an implantation of two contiguous stents (blue), axial section. (c) Sovereign A 50-year-old man comes to your office after being admitted to the hospital with a ST-elevated myocardial…
LDL and DLCNC Score May Identify Familial Hypercholesterolemia
A low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol level >4.9 mmol/L in addition to the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network Criteria score may help identify probable/definite or possible familial hypercholesterolemia.
After Continued Debate, Dietary Cholesterol Linked to Significant Increase in CVD
Higher consumption of dietary cholesterol is significantly associated with a higher risk for incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality among US adults.
Insufficient Rates of Screening for Hyperlipidemia in Women During Pregnancy
Pregnant women are frequently not screened for maternal hyperlipidemia.
Inflamed foot in a patient with diabetes
A patient diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia presents to the foot clinic after one month of swelling, redness, and warmth in the left foot.
Managing type 2 diabetes in an outpatient setting
How would you help maximize this patient’s diabetes therapy, hypertension management, and reduce leg cramps?
Stroke incidence, mortality declines in senior patients
Incident strokes in the Medicare population aged ≥65 years decreased by approximately 40% over the last two decades.
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