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Neil Stone

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Grandfather, father, husband, brother, Bonow Professor of Medicine at NU, Vice chair 2018 AHA/ACC/MS Guidelines. Tweets or re-tweets never medical advice.
Chicago, IL Joined March 2009
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Neil Stone @nstonedoc
Coronary Artery Lesion Lipid Content and Plaque Burden in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients: PROSPECT II ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…. Useful reference to underscore why lipid guidelines emphasize focused primary prevention in those w DM. Preventing 1st MI is all important
www.ahajournals.org Coronary Artery Lesion Lipid Content and Plaque Burden in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients:... Background: Patients with diabetes have increased rates of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs). We hypothesized that this is explained by diabetes-associated differences in coronary plaque morphol...
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Neil Stone @nstonedoc
Important observation. Incredible how a few questions on diet can make a difference. I have seen this repeatedly over 52 years in the field. Never forgot a woman with T2DM sent to me re high TG. She had 10 soft drinks w/sugar per day! Able to stop all TG lowering drugs!
Patient with a history of MI now on atorva 40 with LDL 82. Didn’t want to increase meds so opted for nutrition to get to target LDL goal. All he did was stop putting coconut milk in his 3-4 cups of coffee daily. Repeat LDL 61. Crazy how simple diet changes can make a big impact.
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Neil Stone @nstonedoc
Very important and useful observation.
Strong support for personalizing risk information.
NM Cardiovascular Verified account @NMCardioVasc Oct 21, 2022
A recent Northwestern Medicine study led by Nilay Shah, MD, MPH (@NilayShahMDMPH), and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reports significant variation in the prevalence of obesity among subgroups of Asian American adults. breakthroughsforphysicians.nm.org/asian-american…
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Neil Stone @nstonedoc
Important confirmation of discussion of ethnicity in 2018 AHA-ACC-MS cholesterol guidelines. South Asian ancestry including Asian Indian, Filipino men and women designated as an enhancing factor useful in personalizing the risk discussion.
Jaideep @jaideeppatelmd Oct 8, 2022
Proportional Mortality From Ischemic Heart Disease Among Asian Subgroups, 2018-20 @JAMAInternalMed @NilayShahMDMPH @HeartDocSadiya

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