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Saurabh Dani

Saurabh Dani

Preventive cardiologist and fellowship program director at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center specializing in premature cardiovascular disease and South Asian heart disease prevention.

Jun 18, 2026

4:01
How are you assessing their risk factors other than the history taking and the questions that you're already asked and during your clinical discussion? What are the labs, imaging or tests that you look for and how do they support you for the implementation strategies?
4:18
Great question.
4:18
So if they're coming to me at 30, I said, congratulations, you have really achieved greatness by understanding that it is a need for South Asian individuals to start their screening in their 20s, late 20s or early 30s.
4:33
I use a proverb, it's a Chinese proverb, which says that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
4:39
The next best time is now.
4:41
So if you did not do that, then this is a good time.
4:44
And the idea is to catch these individuals in 25s and 30s is that because of the premature heart disease, which is very common.

17 MINS LATER

22:04
of lifestyle how is that being discussed with patients

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