Challenges to the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and management of clustered cardiometabolic risk factors.

A panel was convened on February 18, 2008, to discuss the challenges to the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and management of clustered cardiometabolic risk factors. Peter W.F. Wilson, MD of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, moderated the panel. Henry R. Black, MD, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, Anthony N. Fabricatore, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, and Ira J. Goldberg, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY, participated in the discussion. This expert panel discussion was supported by and each author received an honorarium from Pfizer Inc for time and effort spent participating in the discussion and reviewing the transcript for important intellectual content before publication. The authors maintained full control of the discussion and the resulting content of this article.