Author(s):
Helen Colhoun
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7 months ago
EASD 24 - We are joined by Dr Helen Coulhoun (University of Edinburgh, UK) to discuss the key findings of a prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial, which investigated the effectiveness of semaglutide in reducing major cardiac events in the presence of impaired kidney function in patients with overweight and obesity.Findings showed that participants in the study with reduced eGFR and/or…
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Jessica Spence is an anesthesiologist and ICU fellow who is completing a PhD under the supervision of Dr. PJ Devereaux. She is a perioperative research fellow at PHRI whose research program focusses on the cognitive and functional outcomes of cardiac and non-cardiac surgery.
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Job title: Professor of Medicine and an Associate Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Center/Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)
Augusto Vicario is Clinical Cardiologist, graduated in Buenos Aires University and postgraduate in the El Salvador University, was Past President of the Buenos Aires Society of Cardiology (Argentine Federation of Cardiology) and Director of the “Heart and Brain Study”, a National Register of Cognitive Status in hypertensive patients. Today, he is full member of the Argentine Federation of…
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Job title: Medical Director, Survivorship Program
A Genitourinary Medical Oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Alicia Morgans serves as the Medical Director of the Survivorship Program. She is an experienced clinician and researcher with knowledge of patient-reported outcomes, clinical trials, and incorporating patient preferences and beliefs into therapeutic decision-making. Her studies have looked into the skeletal, cardiovascular,…
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Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Archana Rao serves as a Consultant Cardiologist at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. She is a heart failure specialist who performs complex device and lead extraction procedures in addition to leadless pacing, subcutaneous ICDs and His bundle pacing.
Dr Rao has performed over 3,000 ICD implantations and over 500 system extractions, and she has implanted more than 1,500 permanent…
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Job title: Associate Professor and the Director of Cardiac Imaging
Dr Tor Biering-Sørensen is an Associate Professor and Director of Cardiac Imaging at the Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, with a focus on advancing cardiovascular imaging techniques for early diagnosis of cardiac impairment to prevent future morbidity and mortality. He is the Head of Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomised Trials and the Head of the Cardiovascular Non…
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