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Heart UK Virtual Lipid Update 2020

November 24 2020

Heart UK are delighted to present this free of charge, CPD accredited event for healthcare professionals both in the UK and internationally.

The morning session will be chaired by Dr Dermot Neely who is currently Special Advisor on Lipids to the Academic Health Sciences Network for North East and North Cumbria, a member of the AAC Rapid Uptake Products Working Group on PCSK9 inhibitors and sits on the NHSE Specialist Advisory Group on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia. The afternoon session will be chaired by Dr Handrean Soran, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Topics to be covered at the event include:

  • Familial Hypercholesterolaemia
  • Familial Chylomicronaemia
  • Hyperlipidaemia and COVID-19
  • Screening and therapies

A full programme outline can be found on the Heart UK website as well as a link to register for the event.

Venue

Online
United Kingdom

Organiser

HEART UK
Phone:
01628 777046
Email:
hello@heartuk.org.uk
Website:
https://www.heartuk.org.uk/
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This RoD form will be available for clinicians to download from this webpage. Once completed with the patient, it can be send to the lab with the corresponding test order form and sample.
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