Cardiovascular Risk Case Studies

Fictional-but-clinically-grounded cardiovascular risk case studies.

• She ate for her heart. Her triglycerides still climbed. — A fictional case study: Fatima followed heart-healthy advice for five years, but her triglycerides stayed high and her omega-3 index stayed low. Her FADS1/FADS2 results explain why conversion, not effort, was the issue.
• Three blood pressure drugs. Still the wrong target. — A fictional case study: Marcus has been on three blood pressure medicines with poor control. His genetics point to low-renin, salt-sensitive hypertension — a pattern that often responds to drug classes he has not been offered.
• His kidney number was normal. The leak was not. — A fictional case study: Malcolm has normal kidney filtration labs but persistent urine albumin, borderline hypertension, and an APOL1 high-risk genotype. His story shows why eGFR is not the whole story and albumin can be the early warning.