Description
Despite optimal management of traditional cardiovascular risk factors, some patients continue to experience persistent hypertension, diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, and accelerated cardiovascular disease. Hypercortisolism is an underrecognized yet treatable condition that can contribute to these cardiometabolic abnormalities and significantly increase cardiovascular risk. This CardioCore lecture will provide attendees with a practical introduction to hypercortisolism, including its pathophysiology, common clinical features, cardiovascular consequences, and when to suspect the diagnosis in everyday practice. Participants will gain a better understanding of appropriate screening considerations, referral pathways, and the importance of timely recognition to improve long-term cardiovascular outcomes.Lecturer
Jorge Plutzky, MD - Director of Preventive Cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Director of the BWH Lipid/Prevention Clinic. Former Chair of the American Heart Association Diabetes Committee and investigator on major international trials, including SELECT and CLEAR Outcomes. Author of Heal Your Heart and co-author of The American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease.
Moderator
Charles German, MD, MS, FASPC, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Preventive Cardiology at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He completed a T32 and masters degree in clinical and population translational sciences during his cardiology fellowship, along with a dedicated year of preventive cardiology training.
Dr. German has been involved with the ASPC since his fellowship, and previously helped develop and lead the Fellows in Training and Early Career Working Group, while continuing to serve as a mentor to trainees interested in preventive cardiology.
Dr. German’s research focuses on physical activity, cardiometabolic disease, and subclinical atherosclerosis using large epidemiologic cohort studies and has published in several prestigious journals including JAMA, JACC, and Hypertension.
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