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Staff Competencies for Core Components: Lipid Management (Bundle)

Presented by Todd M. Brown, MD, MSPH, FACC, FAHA, MAACVPR

Disclosures: no relevant disclosures 

1.00 AACVPR CEUs

This course, recorded in 2023, will review basic lipid metabolism and the data supporting dyslipidemia as a cardiovascular risk factor. Then, it will cover both the non-pharmacologic (lifestyle) and pharmacologic treatments of dyslipidemia and how they reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with dyslipidemia.

Learning Objectives: 

1.) Understand basic lipid metabolism and the role of dyslipidemia as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

2.) Understand lifestyle recommendations for the treatment of dyslipidemia.

3.) Understand the pharmacologic treatment of dyslipidemia.

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