MJ2413: 23rd Annual Clinical Cardiology Pearls for Primary Care

REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED!

Contact CME Office with questions - [email protected].

This course is tailored for a primary care audience and is intended to provide practical, up-to-date information on commonly encountered cardiovascular diseases. World-class faculty from the University of Washington School of Medicine will teach participants using case-based lectures and an audience response system to encourage interactive dialogue. Recent guidelines for hypertension, cholesterol management, primary prevention of heart disease, and heart failure will be reviewed. Everyday primary care topics including diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease and supraventricular arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, will be covered. Practical issues regarding use of new anticoagulants will be discussed. Appropriateness of cardiac testing will be discussed during lectures on the cardiovascular physical exam and the evaluation of chest pain with stress testing and coronary CT imaging.

1. Assess treatment strategies and manage high blood pressure based on updated clinical practice guidelines from 2017 (ACC/AHA) and 2020 (ISH)
2. Treat heart failure patients with the 4 pillars of guideline-directed medical therapy including novel treatments like angiotensin receptor-neprolysin inhibitors and SGLT2 inhibitors.
3. Apply cholesterol guidelines and the latest clinical trial data of novel cholesterol treatments to the management of patients with cardiac risk factors and atherosclerotic vascular disease
4. Classify patients with chest pain and order the appropriate stress and imaging tests for your patients based on current guidelines
5. Evaluate and manage patients with valvular heart disease; identify which heart murmur patients should be referred for an echocardiogram and when patients should be referred for valve repair or replacement
6. Support and treat patients with palpitations, and understand the appropriate use of heart rhythm monitors and when to refer patients to cardiology
7. Interpret and treat atrial fibrillation and learn how to use direct oral anticoagulants to reduce stroke risk from atrial fibrillation, and when to refer to a specialist to consider rhythm control with antiarrhythmics or catheter ablation.
8. Utilize novel diabetes drugs that have proven benefit in reducing cardiovascular events

 
Beginning April 12, 2024, the registration rate will increase by $25.

The Office of Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to cancel this course prior to the course date when a minimum enrollment is not met or for other reasons that prevent the University from holding the course. Each registrant will be notified by email notification and offered a full refund or virtual registration. The University of Washington is not responsible for any other costs incurred. Contact the CME Office with questions via email: [email protected].

Continuing Medical Education at the University of Washington is a self-sustaining unit and does not depend on or receive public monies in support of its educational efforts. The course fees are estimated to cover transcripts of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM, access to online instruction materials, course logistics, faculty planning, and staff salaries.

If you have not received confirmation prior to the course start, please contact the CME office at [email protected]. Continuing Medical Education will not be responsible for expenses incurred by an individual who is not confirmed.

IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION

Per UW CME policy, you are not considered to be registered for the course until full payment has been received. Unpaid orders do not "reserve" spots for conferences.

REFUND & CANCELLATION POLICY

The Office of Continuing Medical Education must receive written notification of your cancellation by April 11, 2024. A $75 processing fee will be deducted from refund requests received by this date. No refunds will be issued following April 11, 2024. The Office of Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to cancel this course twenty (20) days prior to the course date when a minimum enrollment is not met or for other reasons that prevent the University from holding the course. Each registrant will be notified by written notification and a full refund. The University of Washington is not responsible for any other costs incurred. Contact CME Office with questions - [email protected].

Instruction materials will be available online at uwcme.org (for conference registrants only). Materials will be available beginning on April 19, 2024, for registrants to print and/or download.

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SPECIAL SERVICES

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Marta Alhama-Belotto, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
Attending Physician
Director, Clinical Cardio-Oncology
University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center/UW Medicine
Seattle, WA

Efstathia Andrikopoulou, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Uyanga Batnyam, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician
UW Medical Center - Montlake
Seattle, WA

Ruchi Kapoor, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Alec Moorman, MD, FACC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology (UW)
Section Head, General Cardiology (UW)
Physician, Eastside Specialty Center (UW Medicine)
University of Washington/UW Medicine
Seattle, WA

Sunu Thomas, MD
Assistant Professor
Attending Physician
Director, MCS/LVAD
UW Medical Center - Montlake
Seattle, WA

Tomio Tran, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Friday, April 26, 2024