Updates in Cardiology for the Community Clinician Date: Sat, Mar 16th, 2024 Time: 7:00 am - 1:15 pm Location: Other
Statement of Need:
Advances in cardiovascular medicine and technology evolve at rapid pace and directly affect clinical guidelines. Physicians and allied health professionals need continuous updates on the most recent guidelines to offer their patients innovative treatment. In a busy clinical practice, it can be a challenge to stay abreast with the most recent advances and guidelines. This program will provide physicians and allied health professionals with the latest guidelines that are clinically relevant in cardiovascular medicine. Program attendees will have a unique opportunity to review challenging clinical cases and ask questions in a group setting with a panel of experts.
• Assess preoperative risk for non-cardiac surgery and perioperative management.
• Describe the current options for the advanced heart failure patient.
• Specify indications for transcatheter mitral and aortic valve intervention and appropriate indications for referral to a valve treatment team.
• Discuss the top 5 most relevant clinical trials for atrial fibrillation management in a busy clinical practice.
• Describe the ways in which coronary calcium score, coronary angiogram and coronary fractional flow reserve impact coronary artery disease management.
• Review the role of the palliative care team in the management of the advanced heart failure patient.
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Accreditation
NewYork Presbyterian/Queens is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
NewYork Presbyterian/Queens designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The Medical Society of The State of New York relies upon planners and faculty participants in its CME activities to provide educational information that is objective and free of bias. In this spirit and in accordance with the guidelines of MSSNY, CPME and the ACCME, all speakers and planners for CME activities must disclose any relevant financial relationships with
commercial interests whose products, devices or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity, that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest. Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.