NIH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS
Episode 2011-13
Time: 01:00:03
Recorded March 30, 2011
Main Results of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Disease (ACCORD) Trial in Type 2 Diabetes
Denise Simons-Morton, MD, PhD
Director, Division for the Application of Research Discoveries, NHLBI
Results of ACCORD Medical Therapies on Diabetic Retinopathy
Emily Y. Chew, MD
Chief, Clinical Trials Branch, and Deputy Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, NEI
ANNOUNCER: Discussing Outstanding Science of the Past, Present and Future - this is NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds.
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Welcome to the NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds, recorded March 30, 2011 at the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland—an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Today's speakers will present results from the landmark "Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes" trial, known as ACCORD. ACCORD is one of the largest studies ever conducted in adults with type 2 diabetes. Our first speaker is Dr. Denise Simons-Morton. Her lecture is titled, "Main Results of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Disease (ACCORD) Trial in Type 2 Diabetes." Dr. Emily Yew will follow with a report on a part of the ACCORD trial called, "Results of ACCORD Medical Therapies on Diabetic Retinopathy."
You can see a closed-captioned videocast of this lecture by logging onto http://videocast.nih.gov -- click the "Past Events" link -- or by clicking the "View Videocast" link on the podcast homepage at www.cc.nih.gov/podcast. The NIH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS podcast is a presentation of the NIH Clinical Center, Office of Communications, Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison. For more information about the NIH Clinical Center, America's clinical research hospital, log onto http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov.
And now we take you to the Lipsett amphitheater at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda Maryland, for today's presentation.
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