“Heart failure has been a forgotten disorder because the basic and translational science models were created with atherosclerosis in diabetes leading to ischemic heart attacks and strokes. But if you look at the real world, people with diabetes develop heart failure and their mortality is horrific,” said Eldrin F. Lewis, MD, MPH, who will be presenting in this symposium, which starts at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday.
Starting soon: Researchers identify new hope, familiar challenges in diagnosing, treating heart failure
