What are Phenotypes?

The word phenotype is defined as "observable physical properties of a living being" and is the fundamental concept that we at Cardio-Awareness have structured our content around. Patients who demonstrate the characteristics of a given phenotype share similar cardiometabolic backgrounds which makes it straightforward to present risk mitigating therapies and best practices.

Thinking of these commonly linked disease traits in an individual as particular phenotypes can be a helpful aid to the clinician, as well as the healthcare consumer, when trying to identify cardiometabolic risk and navigate best practices.

Considering the characteristics often linked to cardiometabolic diseases as phenotypes can be an invaluable tool for patients doing their own research and providers developing treatment plans. This approach aids in identifying cardiometabolic risks and steers through complexity towards the most effective health practices.

It is helpful to identify certain clusters of observed physiologic characteristics which may either be causal or associated with certain cardiometabolic diseases, traits, and risk. These phenotypes include some of the more common disease entities encountered in the cardiometabolic clinic. Each phenotype article contains the following sections: a catchy case presentation where an example of a patient meeting this criteria is described, an explanation of why these patients are undertreated or Flying Under the Radar, a summary of generalized Recommendations based on the most recently published guidelines, and finally a Deep Dive into the nuances and history of this phenotype. This structure allows us to publish rich and actionable medical information not available on other sites.

For example we have published pages related to patients who...

And many more! The full list is available at cardio-awareness.brettstoddard.com/phenotypes