Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, Charité, Berlin, Germany.
Curr Cardiol Rep. 2021 Feb 24;23(3):22. doi: 10.1007/s11886-021-01450-1.
The high burden of cardiovascular disease and the simultaneous obesity pandemic is placing an extraordinary strain on the health care system. In the current siloed care model, patients with cardiometabolic disease receive only fractionated care from multiple specialists, leading to insufficient treatment, higher costs, and worse outcomes.
The imminent need for a new care model calls for the creation of a distinct cardiometabolic specialty in conjunction with a cardiometabolic outpatient clinic dedicated to the comprehensive cardiometabolic care. The cardiometabolic clinic would consist of a diverse range of professionals relevant to comprehensive treatment. The outpatient clinic we envision here would facilitate an interdisciplinary collaboration between specialists and deliver prevention-focused treatment to patients at risk/established cardiometabolic disease.
心血管疾病负担沉重,肥胖症同时流行,这给医疗系统带来了巨大压力。在当前的割裂式医疗模式下,患有心脏代谢疾病的患者仅从多个专科医生那里获得部分治疗,导致治疗不足、成本增加和预后更差。
迫切需要一种新的医疗模式,因此需要创建一个专门的心脏代谢专科,并设立一个心脏代谢专科门诊,以提供全面的心脏代谢护理。心脏代谢诊所将由各种与综合治疗相关的专业人员组成。我们在这里设想的门诊部将促进专家之间的跨学科合作,并为有风险/已确诊心脏代谢疾病的患者提供以预防为重点的治疗。