8th Annual Cardiovascular Symposium
The purpose of this symposium is to discuss the latest updates in management and preventive care and to provide a comprehensive overview of the prevention, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular diseases.
Target Audience
- Physicians
- Residents
- Medical Students
- Pharmacists
- Physician assistants
- Nurses
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
After this session, participants should be able to:
- 1. Evaluate ACC/AHA guidelines and strategies for integration into cardiovascular prevention practice.
- 2. Apply modernized risk prediction models, including PREVENT, to improve accuracy in identifying at-risk patients.
- 3. Differentiate between statins and novel lipid-lowering therapies to optimize individualized treatment plans.
- 4. Integrate lifestyle medicine into patient counseling and long-term management.
Session 2: Cardiomyopathies and Pulmonary Hypertension – Early Detection and Treatment
After this session, participants should be able to:
- 1. Describe emerging therapeutic options for Group II pulmonary hypertension and their clinical implications.
- 2. Utilize advanced imaging modalities to aid in the early detection of myocarditis and pericarditis.
- 3. Recognize clinical signs of cardiac amyloidosis and apply evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
- 4. Implement strategies to prevent and manage cancer therapy–related cardiotoxicity in collaboration with oncology teams.
Session 3: Interventional and Structural Heart Disease
After this session, participants should be able to:
- 1. Describe the medical risk and complications associated with obesity
- 2. Utilize various approaches to managing obesity (lifestyle modifications, medical management, and surgical interventions)
- 3. Recognize the feedback control mechanism for bodyweight and leptin
- 4. Integrate the use of GLP-1’s into practice
- 5. Apply current evidence and algorithms in the recognition and management of cardiogenic shock.
- 6. Assess indications, risks, and outcomes for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair.
- 7. Evaluate updated criteria for early TAVR and determine appropriate patient selection.
- 8. Identify and address disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women.
Session 4: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Devices
After this session, participants should be able to:
- 1. Determine appropriate anticoagulation strategies for patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation.
- 2. Assess the clinical utility and patient selection criteria for dual-chamber leadless pacemakers.
- 3. Compare left bundle branch pacing with traditional pacing modalities to inform device therapy decisions.
Professor of Medicine
The George Washington University
Andrew Choi, MD, FACC, MSCCT
Clinical Lead - GW Complex Lipid Program
The George Washington University
Professor of Medicine Director, Interventional Cardiology
The George Washington University
Andrew Bradley, MD
Malik Ghawanmeh, MD
Mardi Gomberg-Maitlan, MD
Jannet Lewis, MD
Christian Nagy, MD
Gurusher Panjrath, MD
Jonathan Reiner, MD
Allen Solomon, MD
Nardos Temesgen, MD
Cynthia Tracy, MD
- Email: Your CME Certificate to Physician Education & CME at [email protected].
- Online: Via the CME Self-Reporting Tool (login required).
Available Credit
- 7.00 ABIM MOC 2
- 7.00 ACPE PharmacistThe George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 7.00 ACPE Pharmacy technicianThe George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 7.00 Completion
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