What Are We Missing?
Can Evidence-Based Medicine Help Us to Practically Address Cardiovascular Risk in the Primary Care Setting?
Meet David M., a 49-year-old Caucasian male who has progressed from prehypertension to hypertension. This case gives the opportunity to learn about the significance of the patient's hypertension history, its impact on cardiovascular risk, his development of the metabolic syndrome and progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus, and the importance of applying treatment guidelines in the clinical setting.
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