The Brigham Board Review in Cardiology 2016

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Board Review

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Explore Key Topics

The Brigham Board Review in Cardiology is a case-based, comprehensive look at evolving medical guidelines and therapeutic strategies. Lectures address a range of topics, including coronary and peripheral artery disease, heart failure, electrophysiology, adult congenital and valvular heart disease, pregnancy, non-invasive testing, and peri-operative risk assessment. This CME program will help you to:

• Apply current, recommended cardiology guidelines in clinical practice
• Identify and integrate current therapeutic options for specific cardiology disorders
• More effectively prepare for board exams

Expand Your Skills

Available online or via audio MP3 CDs, The Brigham Board Review in Cardiology provides a maximum of 32.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and 32.25 MOC points with access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

View our full list of Topics/Speakers, Faculty, Accreditation and Media Format information.

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 32.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 32.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Date of Original Release: December 1, 2016
Date Credits Expire: December 1, 2019
Estimated Time to Complete: 32.25 hours
Contact Hours: 32.25 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of an online course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Apply current/recommended cardiology guidelines in clinical practice
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to cardiology disorders
• Identify/integrate current therapeutic options for specific cardiology disorders
• Analyze and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice in cardiovascular medicine
• Express knowledge of pathophysiology as it applies to management of cardiology disorders
• Apply knowledge gained to the ABIM certification/recertification cardiology examinations

Intended Audience

The primary group of learners will be fellows/trainees and practicing cardiology specialists (MDs) and other professional affiliates (internists with an interest in cardiology) who are preparing to take ABIM Board Review or Recertification Examinations or who seek CME activities to improve patient care in the area of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Topics/Speaker:

Coronary Artery Disease

• NSTEMI – Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH

• ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Michelle O’Donoghue, MD

• Antithrombotic Therapies in ACS – Michelle O’Donoghue, MD

• Stable Ischemic Heart Disease – Benjamin Scirica, MD, MPH

Peripheral Artery Disease

• Lower and Upper Extremity – Piotr S. Sobieszczyk, MD

• Carotid Disease – Piotr S. Sobieszczyk, MD

• Renal and Mesenteric – Piotr S. Sobieszczyk, MD

Diseases of the Aorta

• Thoracic Aortic Disease – Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH

• Acute Aortic Syndromes – Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH

Venous Thromboembolic Disease

• Venous Thromboembolic Disease – Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD

Prevention

• Lifestyle Recommendations for Prevention – Ron Blankstein, MD

• Lipids – Jorge Plutzky, MD

• Hypertension – Naomi Fisher, MD

• Diabetes – Jorge Plutzky, MD

• Obesity – Paul Cohen, MD, PhD

Heart Failure

• Pathophysiology – Anju Nohria, MD

• Cardiomyopathies – Neal K. Lakdawala, MD

• Systolic Heart Failure – Akshay S. Desai MD, MPH

• Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction – Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH

• Mechanical Circulatory Support – Garrick C. Stewart, MD

• Transplantation – Michael M. Givertz, MD

• Pulmonary Hypertension – Aaron B. Waxman, MD

• Cardio-Oncology – John Groarke, MD, MPH

Electrophysiology

• Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs – Roy M. John, MD, PhD

• Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter – Gregory Michaud, MD

• Supraventricular Tachycardias – Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS

• Ventricular Tachycardia – William Stevenson, MD

• Conduction Disease – Bruce A. Koplan, MD

• Pacemaker Therapy – Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS

• ICD Therapy – Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS

• Syncope – Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease – Michael Landzberg, MD

Pregnancy

• Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease – Anne Marie Valente, MD

Valvular Heart Disease

• Mitral Valve Disease – Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH

• Aortic Valve Disease – Peter Stone, MD

• Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease – Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH

• Prosthetic Valve Disease – Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH

• Endocarditis – Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH

Pericardial Disease

• Pericardial Disease – Leonard S. Lilly, MD

Non-Invasive Testing

• Nuclear/PET Imaging – Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD

• Echocardiography – Justina Wu, MD, PhD

• Cardiovascular CT Imaging – Ron Blankstein, MD

• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Raymond Y. Kwong, MD, MPH

Peri-Operative Risk Assessment

• Peri-Operative Risk Assessment – Marc P. Bonanca, MD, MPH