Cardiology for the Cardiologist by Continuing Education, Inc

Cardiology for the Cardiologist is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Sep 28 - Oct 08, 2018 at 10-Night Mediterranean Cruise Round-trip Civitavecchia (Rome), Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy.

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:
• Adults with Congenital Heart Disease-Palliated not cured
• Describe the more common congenital heart conditions, their repair and strategies for management in adult patients.
• Cardiac CT- Update on its role in early detection and assessment of CAD
• Describe evidence-based techniques and strategies for CV risk stratification and assessment of obstructive CAD.
• Statin intolerance
• Describe the prevalence of statin intolerance
• Describe three treatment strategies for statin intolerance
• PCSK-9 inhibitors
• Explain the pharmacologic mechanism of PCSK9 inhibitors in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia
• Diets and Heart Disease
• Describe the evidence supporting the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet
Key biomarkers of heart failure, inflammation, and infarction. Review of their clinical benefits and pitfalls in practice.
• Describe guideline-based best practices in the use of these biomarkers.
• Once-Cardiology: An introduction to echocardiographic LV strain and its use in a protocol to identify early cardiac toxicity during chemotherapy
• Design an algorithm for earliest detection of cardiotoxicity for patients undergoing chemotherapy that makes use of LV strain and cardiac MR

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