Premature atherosclerosis in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases

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English - April 06, 2018 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.65 MB
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In this podcast, Dr. Alexandra Legge discusses a review article she co-authored on managing premature atherosclerosis in patients with chronic rheumatic inflammatory diseases. Cardiovascular disease is underrecognized and undertreated in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases.Dr. Alex Legge is an Internal Medicine resident at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is enrolled in the Clinician-Investigator Program and co-wrote the review article with Dr. John Hanly, rheumatologist and professor in the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie University. The article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Full review article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.170776Podcast transcript: https://www.cmaj.ca/transcript-170776-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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