Cardiovascular Medicine 2023: Updates for the Practitioner

Cardiovascular Medicine 2023: Updates for the Practitioner is a course dedicated to an intensive, comprehensive review of the most important changes in cardiovascular medicine.

Key Topics

• Advanced heart failure
• Atherosclerosis: inflammation and novel risk factors
• Coronary artery disease
• Diabetes and its increasing overlap with cardiovascular disease
• Cardiovascular imaging and stress testing
• Pulmonary embolism and DVT
• Valvular heart disease
• Genetics and its relevance to daily clinical practice
• Treating and managing advanced heart failure
• Taming immune and inflammatory responses to treat atherosclerosis
• Integrated multimodality cardiovascular imaging
• Atrial fibrillation as a systemic cardiovascular illness
• Late-breaking information regarding cardiovascular benefits and risks of antidiabetic drugs
• Pulmonary hypertension
• A comprehensive approach to managing atrial fibrillation, beyond rate and rhythm control
• State-of-the-art treatments and clinical practices for reducing stroke, heart attack, and cardiovascular death in patients with diabetes
• Combination anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy: new findings that impact the treatment of peripheral arterial disease
• Cardiovascular imaging tests: updates to select, use and act upon the results of CT, magnetic resonance, and nuclear imaging
• Best practices for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension with combination pharmacological therapy
• Guidance to determine whether to use single, dual, or even triple therapy for treatment of coronary artery disease
• New strategies to incorporate cardiovascular genetics into daily practice
• Education to navigate the differing nuances among the five FDA-approved direct oral anticoagulants

Who should Attend

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Pharmacists in the following fields:

• Cardiology
• Family Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Interventional Cardiology
• Geriatrics
• Hospital Medicine
• Vascular Medicine
• Critical Care Medicine
• Emergency Medicine