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2018 AHA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol with Dr. Roger Blumenthal

Name: 2018 AHA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol with Dr. Roger Blumenthal
Uploaded: 2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Dr. Roger Blumenthal talks about the new cholesterol guidelines and the research on which they are based, and tools available to clinicians from the AHA Scientific Session in November 2018.

As one of the authors of the new AHA guidelines on cholesterol management, Dr. Roger Blumenthal talks about the new cholesterol guidelines and the research on which they are based, and tools available to clinicians from the AHA Scientific Session in November 2018.

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Roger Blumenthal, MD

Director of Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Clinical Connection, Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor in Cardiology

Dr. Blumenthal's principal clinical and research interests involve the optimal management of ischemic heart disease, noninvasive detection of coronary atherosclerosis, and the development of new strategies to optimize the management of ...

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