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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Hyperlipidemia
Description: Guest: Monique A. Freund, M.D.
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Hyperlipidemia is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. It’s known that a combination of lifestyle changes and pharmacologic therapy has proven effective in reducing the complications of cardiovascular disease. Despite this, it’s estimated that less than 35% of those patients with hyperlipidemia are adequately managed. Why aren’t we doing a better job at managing this major public health problem? In this podcast, we’ll be speaking with Monique A. Freund, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic. We’ll di...