Cardiometabolic Disorders News

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Healio | Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, MMSc, discusses the excess risk for heart attack in patients with COVID-19.

PHILADELPHIA — Peripheral artery disease is often the first manifestation of CVD in patients with type 2 diabetes, and represents a “unique” malignant phenotype, a speaker said during the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.

PHILADELPHIA — Prediabetes is a high-risk state associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, yet consensus is needed regarding an “optimal” definition to better identify who could benefit from interventions, according to a speaker.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, co-chair of the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference, discusses the mission and purpose of the meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy significantly increase risk for HF in women during pregnancy and later in life, yet many women never receive adequate preconception counseling or follow-up care, according to a speaker.

PHILADELPHIA — In patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction, the four pillars of optimal medical therapy should be started as soon as possible, a speaker said here.

Adults with overweight or obesity who received metformin shortly after a COVID-19 diagnosis had a lower risk for developing long COVID than those receiving placebo, according to study data.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, discusses a presentation on the benefits of the coronary artery calcium score at the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Healio | Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Annabelle Santos Volgman, MD, FACC, FAHA, discusses how microvascular disease raises CVD risk, especially in women and in those with diabetes.

PHILADELPHIA — Multiple studies report associations between low blood vitamin D level and worse CV health, but supplements are likely not the answer for many patients, according to a speaker.