Cardiovascular Disease 2050: No, GLP-1s Won't Save the Day

Cardiologists Bob Harrington and Dhruv Kazi discuss the projected burden of cardiovascular disease in 2050, why it's not sustainable, and what can be done to prevent it.

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INCLUDE URLS and full titles for some of the pertinent studies cited.

Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001256

Forecasting the Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001258

Calculating the 30-day Survival Rate in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Should we Use the Treatment Chain or the Hospital Catchment Model?

https://doi.org/10.5301/heartint.5000238

Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001078

Current Trends in Hypertension Identification and Management: Insights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.034322

Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: The Epidemiology of an Awakening Epidemic

https://doi.org/10.2337/dci22-0046

US Trends in Cholesterol Screening, Lipid Levels, and Lipid‐Lowering Medication Use in US Adults, 1999 to 2018

https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.028205

GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Discontinuation Among Patients With Obesity and/or Type 2 Diabetes

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38787563

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