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Should We Continue To AIM-HIGH or Set Our Sights Low?

Original Air Date: December 15, 2011 7:00 PM EST

Faculty:
William E. Boden, MD, FACC, FAHA
James M. Falko, MD, FACE, FACC, FNLA

The release of data from the AIM-HIGH trial left clinicians asking questions about the role of niacin therapy and raising HDL-C in patients at LDL goal. Join Bill Boden, MD, and Jim Falko, MD, as they discuss the implications of the final trial results, which were presented earlier this month at the 2011 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, and learn about the potential impact on your clinical practice during a live CME/CE webcast. Watch this Program Now

Dietary Approaches to Lipid Management

Original Air Date: September 20, 2011 7:00 PM EST

Faculty:
Speakers: Christopher D. Gardner, PhD
and Kevin C. Maki, PhD, CLS, FNLA

The faculty reviewed results from clinical trials evaluating dietary approaches to weight loss and weight loss maintenance. Effects on body weight, body composition and cardiovascular risk factors were reviewed, as well as hypotheses that will need to be tested in future research. Watch this Program Now

Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric and Adult Patients: Clinical Guidance From the NLA Expert Panel

Original Air Date: July 27, 2011 7:00 PM EST

Faculty:
Moderated by Anne C. Goldberg, MD, FACP, FAHA, FNLA
Speakers: Samuel S. Gidding, MD
and Paul N. Hopkins, MD, MSPH

A faculty of FH experts will synthesize and disseminate the policy recommendations and provide specific clinical guidance during this 1-hour session, with the goal of improving the identification and care of patients with FH and reduce their elevated risk for CHD.

Physical Exercise and Lipids: Misperceptions, Practicality, and Things Your Patients (and Perhaps You) Don't Know

Original Air Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:00 PM

Faculty:
Harold Bays MD, FACP, FACE, FNLA
Ralph La Forge, MSc, CLS, FNLA

Patients with metabolic disease and dyslipidemia are always provided with a variety of lifestyle recommendations to improve their lipid levels. This talk will provide an in-depth examination of the effects of dynamic (aerobic) and resistance (anaerobic or weight lifting) physical activity on the components of the metabolic syndrome - with a focus on the effects of physical activity on lipid levels.

CIMT Guidelines in Clinical Practice

Original Air Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 8:00 PM

Faculty:
Moderated by Edward A. Gill, MD, FNLA
Speakers: B. Alan Bottenberg, MD, FNLA
and James H. Stein, MD, FNLA

Questions still remain about when to consider and utilize carotid intima media thickness testing in common clinical scenarios. This talk will discuss predicting cardiovascular risk using carotid ultrasound, IMT and plaque detection and explore the appropriate use criteria for CIMT.

The Metabolically Endangered Patient on Antipsychotics

Original Air Date: November 9, 2010

Faculty:
Moderated by Donald A. Smith, MD, MPH, FNLA
Speaker: Kenneth A. Kellick, PharmD, FNLA and
Anthony P. Weiss, MD, MBA

Join Drs. Kenneth Kellick and Anthony Weiss as they review the newer antipsychotics that often cause adverse lipid effects and weight gain. This talk explores the rational for prescribing these antipsychotics, approaches to advising psychiatrists on pharmaceutical changes, and managing the metabolic effects..

JUPITER: Responding to the Critics

Original Air Date: September 22, 2010

Faculty:
Moderated by Carl E. Orringer, MD, FACC, FNLA
Speaker: Paul M Ridker, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Join Drs. Carl Orringer and Paul Ridker as they review the major outcomes of the JUPITER trial that examined the effects of rosuvastatin therapy in patients with low LDL cholesterol and elevated hs-CRP levels. Dr. Paul Ridker privdes a response to a series of four controversial articles published in the June 28, 2010 Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 170, No. 12) questioning the early termination of the study and the study's conclusions.

The Look AHEAD Trial

Original Air Date: July 29, 2010

Faculty:
Moderated by Ralph La Forge, MSc
Speaker: Robert A. Wild, MD, PhD, MPH

Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) is a multicenter, randomized trial to determine whether participation in a lifestyle intervention versus usual diabetes care can reduce the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

Examination of the ACCORD Trial

Original Air Date: April 22, 2010

Faculty:
Moderated by Eliot Brinton, MD
Speaker: Henry N. Ginsberg, MD
Matthew Ito, PharmD

This Lipid Insights Virtual Journal Club has identified the release of late-breaking clinical trial results from the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial as one of the most important lipid trial to be presented at the 2010 American College of Cardiology Meeting.