Is HDL cholesterol still “good” for cardiovascular outcomes?

Please join us …

When: Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 12–1 p.m.

Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Who: Dennis Ko, MD, MSc; Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and the Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI); Interventional Cardiologist, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto.

Topic: Is HDL cholesterol still "good" for cardiovascular outcomes?

Learning objectives

1. Review the traditional wisdom of HDL cholesterol and cardiovascular outcomes
2. Discuss recent controversies of HDL cholesterol
3. Discuss big data Canheart project on HDL cholesterol.

 

Dennis Ko