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A Matter of the Heart—Screening Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease - Frankly Speaking Ep 417
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:11:30
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Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-417 Overview: Joseph is a 57 year old male who presents today for his routine annual exam. He is a healthy male, who is active and has no complaints today. He reports that since he was seen last he generally has been doing well but did have a ER visit for persistent cough in the setting of recovering from Covid. While in the Emergency Department he did undergo testing. On a CT Chest scan there was an incidental finding of moderate coronary artery calcifications. He asked today, what does moderate coronary artery calcification? Is my heart ok, my dad had a heart attack at 60. Episode resource links: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cardiovascular-diseases-(cvds) https://odphp.health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/heart-disease-and-stroke#:~:text=Heart%20disease%20and%20stroke%20can,and%20high%20cholesterol%20thro