Over half of young adults in the US have cholesterol levels high enough to increase their lifetime risk of a heart attack.
But most of us don’t know it.
In @statnews I share my own path to starting a statin in the hope that more of us get screened and, if needed, treated…1/x
Spotted at SGIM: Generalist Primary Care (GPC) Residency Alum Dr. Ben Gallagher & Columbia Gen Med Fellow Alum @DrAliCrawford presenting Clinical Updates in CV risk factors 🙌🥳🎉 (missing = @KBBNYC) #SGIM03@MDMariadeM@jessicasinger_
High yield session on Clinical Updates in Cardiovascular Risk factors at @SocietyGIM conference-a thread 🧵 #SGIM23
🫀Chlorthalidone vs. HCTZ for BP control and CVD events?
❣️No major differences in CVD events
❣️Chlorthalidone may have 👍🏾 BP control but 👎🏾 patient preference
I'm a big advocate for home blood pressure monitoring, but here are some pitfalls that could be detrimental to patient care:
(1)Use of non-validated (non-BP devices) devices that have not been compared to an office device for accuracy
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📣our new work on improving hypertension (HTN) control through community interventions focused on Black men
▶️ HTN is most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease
▶️ but less than half with HTN are controlled 😳 & trends worsening 🥺
https://t.co/E9Lo8RClf7
Delighted to share our manuscript led by @jenniferlcluett on a novel application of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to differentiate stimulant-induced hypertension.
A novel protocol to assess the impact of prescription stimulants on blood pressure
https://t.co/SpXgwls0Ko