PodMed – Week of September 4, 2017

This week’s topics include the right medications for a subset of people with heart disease, the PURE study, inflammation and heart disease, and the impact of neighborhoods on cardiovascular disease.

Program notes:

0:47 PURE study

1:47 Fats and animal protein associated with lower mortality

2:47 Goes against years of research

3:31 Inflammation and CVD

4:32 Had high C-reactive protein

5:31 Not cost effective

6:00 Dual or triple therapy?

7:00 Using just two agents reduced bleeding risk

7:30 Your neighborhood and CVD

8:30 SES not in any risk model

9:30 Tied to quality of care

10:32 End

Related blog: https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/09/02/should-you-live-pure/