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Expert Details the Top 3 CV Complications Seen in Patients with Obesity

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"What are the most common cardiovascular complications you see in patients with obesity?"

That is the question Patient Care Online recently asked Alina Elperin, MD, in an interview. Dr Elperin is an internest and obesity medicine specialist in Evanston, Illinois, as well as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

In the video below, Dr Elperin details the top 3 cardiovascular complications that she has observed in patients with obesity for clinicians to keep in mind.

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