Practical Strategies for Identifying and Screening for Hypercortisolism - Episode 9
Effect of Hypercortisolism on Cardiovascular and Diabetes Care
Experts discuss how hypercortisolism contributes to treatment-resistant hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, the impact of treating hypercortisolism on cardiovascular risks, when cardiologists should suspect hypercortisolism as a contributing factor to cardiovascular disease, the role of hypercortisolism in type 2 diabetes, how it complicates the management of type 2 diabetes and impacts long-term glucose control, and when endocrinologists should suspect hypercortisolism in their patients with type 2 diabetes.
Video content above is prompted by the following:
- How does hypercortisolism contribute to treatment-resistant hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases?
- We have mentioned that there are cardiovascular risks associated with hypercortisolism. How does treatment of hypercortisolism impact these risks?
- Looking specifically from a cardiology perspective, when should a cardiologist suspect hypercortisolism as a contributing factor to cardiovascular disease?
- What is the role of hypercortisolism in type 2 diabetes?
- How does hypercortisolism complicate the management of type 2 diabetes, and how does it impact long-term glucose control?
- Now, let us shift to the endocrinology perspective. When should an endocrinologist suspect hypercortisolism in their patients with type 2 diabetes?
