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Director
Division of Cardiology
Advocate Heart Institute
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
President
National Lipid Association
Park Ridge, Illinois
Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Torrance, California
Professor and Vice Chair
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
This activity is intended for cardiologists, diabetologists, endocrinologists, primary care physicians, nurses and pharmacists and all members of the healthcare team interested in managing patients with dyslipidemia.
The goal of this activity is to understand the risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) associated with statin therapy and strategies to implement the latest American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline recommendations on minimizing that risk.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Director
Division of Cardiology
Advocate Heart Institute
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
President
National Lipid Association
Park Ridge, Illinois
Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Torrance, California
Professor and Vice Chair
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
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The goal of this activity is to understand the risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) associated with statin therapy and strategies to implement the latest American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline recommendations on minimizing that risk.
Before you begin this activity, please assess your clinical knowledge by completing this brief survey. Answering these questions again after the activity will allow you to see what you learned and to compare your answers with those of your peers.
