33rd Annual Symposium Cardiology for the Practitioner

33rd Annual Symposium Cardiology for the Practitioner is organized by University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) Continuing Medical Education and would be held during Oct 17 - 19, 2016 at Yosemite Valley Lodge, Yosemite, California, United States of America. This CME conference has been approved with 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the attendees will be better able to:
• Apply newly acquired knowledge of guidelinesbased treatments in the care of their cardiac patients.
• Incorporate the most reasonable cost-effective diagnostic evaluation of common cardiovascular disorders.
• Determine the appropriate goals as recommended by the guidelines to be achieved in the care of their cardiac patients.
• Recognize the latest advances in the management of patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, acute and chronic coronary syndromes, valvular heart diseases, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure.
• Define the pathophysiology of angina, endothelial dysfunction and microvascular disease.
• Understand the development of various diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in CVD.
• Understand the work up and management of patients with acute and chronic coronary syndromes.
• Define the benefits and role of exercise in health and CVD.
• Evaluate the uses and limitations of stress testing and various imaging modalities in cardiac patients.