Cardiology and Pulmonology Update for PCPs

Cardiology and Pulmonology Update for PCPs is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Aug 11 - 20, 2018 at 9-Night Mediterranean & Adriatic Cruise Conference from Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Topics:
• Pleural effusions
• Sleep apnea
• COPD
• Alpha - 1 antitrypsin deficiency
• Cough
• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Parasomnias

Management of Congestive Heart Failure: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care Provider
• Differentiate heart failure due to systolic and diastolic dysfunction.
• Assess prognosis based on NYHA class and Ejection Fraction.
• Apply the evidence-based approach to current pharmacological and advanced device therapy treatment guidelines.

Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care Provider
• Understand the assessment of bleeding and thromboembolic risk for atrial fibrillation.
• Assess patient candidacy for warfarin and novel oral anticoagulant therapies.

Management of Hyperlipidemia: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care Provider
• Review the evidence to support the use of statins for primary and secondary prevention.
• Review the evidence to support the elimination of non-statin therapy from lipid treatment guidelines.
• Understand the role of PCSK9 inhibitor therapy in management of dyslipidemia.

Cardiac Risk Assessment: Risk Calculators or Cardiac Imaging?
• Appreciate the value and limitations of cardiovascular risk calculators.
• Understand the utility and role of non-invasive arterial imaging modalities.

Management of Symptomatic Stable CAD: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care Provider
• Appreciate in which patients are percutaneous coronary intervention and surgical revascularization are useful.
• Review novel medical therapies for CAD.

• Statin Intolerance/Resistance: Is the problem the patient or the drug?
• Understand the physiologic basis and incidence of statin intolerance.
• Review of treatment options for patients who are statin intolerant or resistant.

Endocarditis: Who are you going to call-Cardiology, Infectious Disease or Cardiac Surgery?
• Review of clinical criteria for endocarditis.
• Appreciate the indications for surgical and medical therapy for endocarditis.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.