Podcast 51 - Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Youth

Summary

Listen to Sarah Tyler Plummer, MD, from Case Western Reserve University, discuss cardiovascular risk factors for children and adolescents. She will explore how hypertension and hyperlipidemia contribute to cardiometabolic disease, share strategies for diagnosis and management including in-office and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and discuss the importance of family-centered lifestyle interventions.

Moderated by Shanail Berry Lampkin, MD, Case Western Reserve University

Sources

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