VIDEO: A cardiologist updates her view on AHA/ACC risk estimator

In November 2013, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published new U.S. cholesterol management guidelines, including a risk estimator.

The guidelines were released during the American Heart Association’s scientific sessions, and they stirred up some controversy. At the time, one of the attendees, Dr. Eugenia Gianos, the director of Preventive Cardiology fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, was hesitant to use the new risk estimator.

However, in the past few months, Dr. Gianos said she has had the opportunity to apply these guidelines clinically, and has reviewed the recently released National Lipid Association’s draft "Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia."

In a video interview, she shares what changed her view and what she has changed in her practice that could help other clinicians.

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On Twitter @naseemmiller

In November 2013, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published new U.S. cholesterol management guidelines, including a risk estimator.

The guidelines were released during the American Heart Association’s scientific sessions, and they stirred up some controversy. At the time, one of the attendees, Dr. Eugenia Gianos, the director of Preventive Cardiology fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, was hesitant to use the new risk estimator.

However, in the past few months, Dr. Gianos said she has had the opportunity to apply these guidelines clinically, and has reviewed the recently released National Lipid Association’s draft "Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia."

In a video interview, she shares what changed her view and what she has changed in her practice that could help other clinicians.

[email protected]

On Twitter @naseemmiller

In November 2013, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published new U.S. cholesterol management guidelines, including a risk estimator.

The guidelines were released during the American Heart Association’s scientific sessions, and they stirred up some controversy. At the time, one of the attendees, Dr. Eugenia Gianos, the director of Preventive Cardiology fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, was hesitant to use the new risk estimator.

However, in the past few months, Dr. Gianos said she has had the opportunity to apply these guidelines clinically, and has reviewed the recently released National Lipid Association’s draft "Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia."

In a video interview, she shares what changed her view and what she has changed in her practice that could help other clinicians.

[email protected]

On Twitter @naseemmiller