International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk - 20th World Diabetes Congress

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- Managing CMR
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20th World Diabetes Congress

Joint Symposium of the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk/European Atherosclerosis Society

Ectopic fat and Cardiometabolic risk in type 2 diabetes

8:30-10:30
Chairpersons: L. Leiter and J. Chapman

Event	Presenter
Opening Remarks The Atherogenic Dyslipidemia of Type 2 Diabetes	M.R.Taskinen Finland
The Lipocentric Pathway to Hyperglycemia and Type 2 Diabetes.	R. Unger USA
Liver Fat as a Feature of Ectopic Fat and the Atherogenic Dyslipidemia of Type 2 Diabetes	M.R. Taskinen Finland
Liver Fat as a Feature of Ectopic Fat and the Atherogenic Dyslipidemia of Type 2 Diabetes	M.R. Taskinen Finland
Visceral Fat as a Feature of Ectopic Fat; implications for CVD risk in diabetes	T. Mazzone USA
Visceral/Ectopic Fat: Important Therapeutic Targets in Type 2 Diabetes?	J.P. Després Canada
Closing Remarks	J. Chapman France

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