myhealthywaist.org - XV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis

CMR Short Reviews
- The Concept of CMR
  Historical background on global cardiometabolic risk, epidemiological aspects of obesity and type 2 diabetes, ABCs of cardiovascular disease risk factors, intra-abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome and contribution to cardiometabolic risk.
- Evaluating CMR
  Research and clinical tools to identify individuals with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and quantify their risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (global cardiometabolic risk).
- Managing CMR
  Notions and practical tools to better manage the abdominally obese patient with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and related clustering abnormalities.
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XV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis

Workshop session of the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk
The metabolic syndrome and its implication for global cardiometabolic risk assessment/management.

Room 312
15:30 - 17:00
Chairpersons: J.P. Després and P. Libby


Event Description	Presenter
Opening remarks	P. Libby USA
Is the concept of metabolic syndrome helpful?	N. Stone USA
Pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome and related global cardiometabolic risk. What’s new?	J. Plutzky USA
Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome in cardiology: clinical implications	R. Nesto USA
Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome: implications for assessment and management of global cardiometabolic risk	B. Brewer USA
Closing remarks	J.P. Després Canada

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