OVERVIEW

Diabetes and Heart Disease: the Role of Aggressive Prevention is organized by Baptist Health South Florida and will be held from Nov 01, 2018 - Oct 10, 2021.

Target Audience:
Hospitalists, Internists, Family Practitioners, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Surgeons, Cardiologists, Endocrinologists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Pharmacists and other interested healthcare practitioners.

Accreditation:
• 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
• 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
• 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
• 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
• 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
• 1.00 General certificate of attendance

Description:
This course discusses the continuum of risk for cardiometabolic syndrome or prediabetes and insulin resistance, evidence supporting assessment of biomarkers for cardiovascular risk assessment and the role of cardiac imaging in risk assessment in this population.

Learning Objectives:
• Describe the mechanism of action by which diabetes mellitus (DM) can cause atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.
• Explain the association between DM, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and A1C levels.
• Discuss the relationship between DM and diabetic cardiomyopathy.
• Describe the mechanisms linking DM, obesity and CVD.

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