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Open Access Review
Identification of Appropriate Patients for Cardiometabolic Risk Management
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1 Division of Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2007, 8(S4), 9–16;
Published: 20 August 2007
Abstract
Patients at increased risk for cardiovascular disease have a wide array of clinical features that should alert practitioners to the need for risk reduction. Some, but not all, of these features relate to insulin resistance. Multiple approaches exist for diagnosing and defining this risk, including the traditional Framingham risk assessment, various definitions of the metabolic syndrome, and assessment of risk factors not commonly included in the standard criteria. This article reviews the many clinical findings that should alert healthcare providers to the need for aggressive cardiovascular risk reduction.
Keywords
Cardiovascular disease risk
Metabolic syndrome
Obesity
Waist circumference
Insulin resistance
Diabetes
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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