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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The ASCVD Risk Calculator is a tool that enables healthcare providers and patients to estimate 10-year risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or ASCVD. Salim Virani, MD discusses the ASCVD risk calculator and why this assessment needs to be performed in patients with diabetes.
Released:
Apr 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (32)

The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association are excited to announce a new podcast series for healthcare professionals. Know Diabetes by Heart™ Professional Education Podcast Series focuses on the link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The series will consist of relevant cutting-edge topics such as up-to-date standards of care, guidelines and their implications for T2D and CVD, and approaches to shared decision making—among others. The American Heart Association’s and the American Diabetes Association's Know Diabetes by Heart Professional Education™ Podcast Series is brought to you by founding sponsors, Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company Diabetes Alliance and Novo Nordisk, and national sponsors, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, and Bayer.