Northwestern Snowbirds: Hot Topics in Cardiovascular Medicine

Northwestern Snowbirds: Hot Topics in Cardiovascular Medicine is organized by Meeting Achievements, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and will be held from Mar 29 - 30, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa, Bonita Springs, Florida, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is physicians, nurses, and APPs who manage patients with cardiovascular disease. Our objective is to adopt an evidence-based, guideline-driven update of the critical domains in cardiovascular medicine. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Conference Description:
This meeting will adopt an evidence based, guideline driven update of the critical domains in cardiovascular medicine. Our world-renowned faculty and guest speakers will deliver seminars on hypertension, prevention, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, and others. Significant new data and summaries will represent the platform for our discussions. Unique to this meeting, we will recap highlights of the recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in a case-based format.

Learning Objectives:
• Review updated standards of care for STEMI and N-STEMI 
• Discuss recent breakthrough therapies and contemporary treatment options for heart failure patient 
• Review the state of the art therapy for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
• Discuss recent breakthrough therapies for infiltrative cardiomyopathies
• Describe state of the art percutaneous interventions for structural heart disease 
• Cite the most contemporary approaches in the endovascular and medical treatment of peripheral artery disease
• Review the latest interventional therapies for pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension
• Review the emerging field of Genomic Cardiology including genetic causes of cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias 
• Discuss treatment options for advanced heart failure including medical therapies, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.