
Hilly Paige Jr
@hillypaige2
Very Proud Dad x2. Advocate for innovation and affordable access in healthcare. Avid hiker, skier, and scuba diver. Views expressed are my own. He/him
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14-08-2014 15:59:27
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#HID2025 Excellent but sobering opening talk by Seth Martin from Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center on the latest AHA heart disease & stroke statistics. ➡️ Mortality on the rise for men & women ➡️ 46% incidence of pre-diabetes. ➡️ Need focus on implementation Heart in Diabetes 🫀 Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦



#HID2025 Superb talk by Matthew Budoff MD on assessing risk in “SMuRFless” patients ➡️ 20% of MIs in patients with no traditional risk factors ➡️ More common in women ➡️ Check Lp(a) ➡️ Use of imaging to detect sub-clinical athero Heart in Diabetes 🫀 TMIOA 🧬 Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦


🫀 Conventional risk factors only explain 2/3 of cardiac events. 48% of the SMuRF-less population had a non-zero CAC, 16% with CAC>100. How do we detect disease in this population? Thought-provoking talk by Matthew Budoff MD at #HiD Heart in Diabetes 🫀


#HID2025 What a great panel discussion to close Session 1 on Day 3 of Heart in Diabetes 🫀. Truly the all-stars of CV prevention - great insights & clinical pearls. 🙏🏻 for the positive comments about Family Heart Foundation! Matthew Budoff MD Seth Martin Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦 Prof Kausik Ray FMedSci Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt


Seth Martin presenting at #HiD #heartindiabetes 🫀>than a century of tracking #heartdisease statistics 🫀significant progress made but currently reversing gains we made globally 🫀need more focus on #CVprev #cardiotwitter Prof Kausik Ray FMedSci


👏👏 A call to action on CVD is definitely needed! 🙏🏻 Seth Martin!👇🏻 A ‘call to action’ to reverse trend of rising CVD mortality in US healio.com/news/cardiolog… Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center Heart in Diabetes 🫀 TMIOA 🧬 Family Heart Foundation Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association ASPC Association of Black Cardiologists American Heart Association

🚨 NEW: Congressman Don Davis & John Joyce, M.D. call the #MINIAct a game-changer for American health care—accelerating access to innovative, life-saving treatments for patients cardiovascular disease & more. Read & learn more: realclearhealth.com/articles/2025/…

👏👏 Congratulations to Merck on the announcement of positive top line results from two of the CORALreef trials with enlicitide, including CORALreef HeFH! #KnowFH Family Heart Foundation ASPC Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Association of Black Cardiologists American College of Cardiology WomenHeart Mended Hearts

#KnowLpa Superb, practical overview of Lp(a) by Harpreet Bhatia from UC San Diego Health. ➡️ The Family Heart Foundation is pleased to offer free Lp(a) screening through the Cholesterol Connect program: familyheart.org/cholesterol-co… ASPC Association of Black Cardiologists National Medical Association National Forum Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health

Great NACE CME and Association of Black Cardiologists program with Dr. James Underberg & Pam R. Taub, MD❤️💃🏻! ➡️ For LDL-C, 55 mg/dl is the new 70. ➡️ “Lower for longer is better” ➡️ Early ezetimibe initiation post-MI dramatically lowers risk. ➡️ CAC a great differentiator. National Lipid Association ASPC UC San Diego Health New York University School of Medicine


#WalkToSaveMoreHearts #KnowFH #KnowLpa Rocket and I are ready to roll for the 2025 Family Heart Foundation walk! ✅ T-shirt ordered and received ✅ First donation received 🙏🏻 ➡️ Get registered today! Katherine Wilemon Allison Jamison Seth J. Baum MD Casey Mulligan Walsh Harpreet Bhatia Courtney Riley MD


Kevin Walsh,l and I are gearing up for the Family Heart Foundation #WalkToSaveMoreHearts starting July 1. We’ll join Hilly Paige Jr and so many others to raise funds to support the work of the Foundation while raising awareness of #familialhypercholesterolemia and elevated #lpa. Join us!

#AANP25 #KnowLpa #LowerIsBetter 🙏🏻🙏🏻 to Nicole Ciffone (AzLipidCenter) and Family Heart Foundation ambassador Kathy Thompson for two superb presentations at the Family Heart GOAL session at #AANP25! ➡️ Sold out session with over 200 attendees. AANP National Lipid Association Katherine Wilemon Amgen 🧪🔬🧬


#LowerIsBetter The Family Heart Foundation was excited to distribute this great new resource from National Lipid Association to over 200 NPs at our GOAL session featuring Nicole Ciffone AzLipidCenter at the 40th annual AANP meeting! Christie Ballantyne Beth Jackson AANP Dr. James Underberg


Family Heart Foundation is committed to ensuring all stakeholders understand the critical role of LDL-C & Lp(a) in CV disease. At #AANP25, we screened 500 NP & hosted a sold-out expert symposium w/ Nicole Ciffone & Family Heart Ambassador Kathy Thompson. Thank you to all who joined us!


#MiniAct “Penalizing these groundbreaking therapies is not what Congress intended.” - 🙏🏻 Congressman Don Davis & John Joyce, M.D. for your leadership! 👏👏👇🏻 The MINI Act: Creating the Golden Era in American Healthcare realclearhealth.com/articles/2025/… Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health ACC Advocacy Mended Hearts


Truly a masterclass presentation by Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA on improving management of HTN! From tips on proper measurement to the role of diet, supplements, home BP monitoring, and safe/effective treatments, this webinar had it all! 🙏🏻 ASPC for hosting! Michael D. Shapiro Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦
