Roger Blumenthal, M.D., an expert on heart disease prevention, is available to comment on the new Prevention Guidelines being released this week by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. The guidelines are embargoed until Nov. 12, 2013, at 4 p.m. East Coast time.
Dr. Blumenthal is the Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the director of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease. He serves as an American College of Cardiology representative on the National Program to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk. Dr. Blumenthal is also vice president of the American Society of Preventive Cardiology.
Dr. Blumenthal can explain what is new about the guidelines, which address:•Risk assessment for heart attack and stroke •How to manage cholesterol•Treatment of obesity•Healthy lifestyle: diet and exercise guidelines
Dr. Blumenthal can speak about what will likely result from the new guidelines, such as whether more people will now be advised to take statin medications to lower their risk of plaque buildup in heart arteries that can lead to heart attack and stroke. He can also discuss what the guidelines mean for people of different races or ethnic groups and why stroke is now included in the guidelines for the first time.
For more information about Dr. Blumenthal and the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heart_vascular_institute/clinical_services/centers_excellence/ciccarone_center.html
To interview Dr. Blumenthal, contact Ellen Beth Levitt, [email protected], 410-955-5307.
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