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Podcast: Baptist HealthTalk
Episode: Diabetes & The Heart: It's Not Just The Sugar
Description: Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease are directly linked -- but not because of blood sugar. Metabolic disorders play the major role in increasing heart disease risk in diabetic patients. Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute's cardiometabolic and prevention center is taking a comprehensive approach to these patients, aimed at controlling blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, obesity and other factors. Medications can play a role that goes beyond treating symptoms to actually helping prevent negative cardiac events. Host, Jonathan Fialkow, M.D., a preventative cardiologist at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, welcomes guests Lisa Davis, PA, a clinical lipid specialist, and...