<p>The ASCVD Risk Calculator is a tool that enables healthcare providers and patients to estimate 10-year risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or ASCVD. Salim Virani, MD discusses the ASCVD risk calculator and why this assessment needs to be performed in patients with diabetes.</p>

New Discoveries in Cholesterol Metabolism

The American Heart Association is please to present a new and informative podcast series on cholesterol management for healthcare professionals. This series is being developed as part of the American Heart Association's Check. Change. Control. CholesterolTM initiative. The goal of this podcast series is to offer expert insight and discussion on the prevalence of high cholesterol and the risk and prevention of CVD, identify lifestyle and treatment plans as standard of care, and explore recommendations for diet and exercise. This cholesterol podcast series is brought to you by Sanofi Regeneron, the national supporter of American Heart Association's Check.Change.Control.CholesterolTM initiative.