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1a) Welcome to a live-tweeted, #accredited #tweetorial from @nationallipid #NLA23 in #Atlanta on advances in #hyperlipidemia management #LLT. Our expert returning faculty is Pam R. Taub, MD @PamTaubMD #cardiologist from @UCSDHealth ImageImageImage
1b) Dr. Taub is a clinician/scientist and is a frequent contributor to our #accredited programs. She is the founding director of the Step Family Foundation Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center at #UCSD.
#FOAMed #cardiotwitter @MedTweetorials #MedEd #lipids Image
2) This program is supported by an educational grant from Esperion Therapeutics & is intended for #HCPs. Statement of accreditation & faculty disclosures at cardiometabolic-ce.com/disclosures/. Earn 0.75 hr 🆓CE/#CME by following this 🧵!
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1/🚨New Episode🚨
Aspirin for Primary Prevention: #MindtheGap Segment

What do current ACC and USPSTF guidelines say about daily low-dose #aspirin for the primary prevention of #cardiovascular disease?

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2/Throwback to medical school pathophysiology!

Remember how the #atherosclerotic process takes place in blood vessels? 🫀

Now, where does #aspirin exert its effect during this cascade? 🤔 Image
3/What do the most recent #RCTs inform us about the use of aspirin for primary prevention ⁉️

ASCEND, ARRIVE, ASPREE!

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1) Welcome to an #accredited #tweetorial on optimizing the use of #SGLT2i in the management of #T2D. This program is accredited for 0.50 🆓credits for #physicians #nurses #physicianassociates #nursepratcitioners #pharmacists by @academiccme! I am @tmodarressi of @HeartDoctorNJ.
2) This program is intended for healthcare professionals and is supported by an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly Company. See archived programs, all by expert authors, still available for credit at cardiometabolic-ce.com.
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#WeekendLecture
Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease #ICAD

#ICAD leads to changes ranging from minor wall thickening to #hemodynamically significant luminal stenosis and is one of the most #common causes of #stroke worldwide
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

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#WeekendLecture
#ICAD

✅10% of stroke, based on autopsy studies
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✅More prevalent in #African Americans, #Hispanics, and #Asians as compared with whites
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#WeekendLecture
#ICAD

In postmortem studies
👉degree of luminal #stenosis
👉% of the plaques containing >40% #lipid area
👉prevalence of intraplaque #hemorrhage, #neovasculature and #thrombus,
were higher in those #plaques associated with #infarct
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