Adriana Bertolami

TL;DR: Aterosclerose, e reconhecendo a necessidade de atualizacao de sua ultima diretriz, publicada em 2013, em conformidade com as recomendacoes da SBC, reuniu um comite de especialistas, da clinica e do laboratorio clinico, a partir de janeiro de 2016, for a elaboracao deste documento as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The high prevalence of OSA in the general population, hypertensive patients and especially obese individuals and patients resistant to antihypertensive therapy, highlights the need for effective screening, diagnosis and treatment of Osa to decrease cardiovascular risk.

TL;DR: The most important conclusion drawn from this symposium was that if the growing prevalence of overweight and obesity continues at this pace, the result will be a population of children and adolescents with metabolic syndrome, which would lead to high mortality rates in young adults, changing the current increasing trend of worldwide longevity.

TL;DR: The Brazilian Cardiovascular Prevention Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology - 2019 updates the strategies that address classical risk factors and discusses new concepts, such as the need to gather knowledge about emerging risk factors, as well as additional strategies, like the use of vaccines.

TL;DR: Diabetes is a heterogeneous disease, and those without risk factors or evidence of sub-clinical atherosclerosis are at a lower risk, so cardiovascular prevention strategies should be individualized according to cardiovascular risk while intensification of treatment should focus on those at higher risk.