Hospital Medicine–Cardiology: Acute Aortic Syndromes; Anticoagulants; Carditis is organized by American Medical Seminars (AMS), Inc. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Original Release Date: July 1, 2019
Expiration Date: July 1, 2022

Topice & Objectives;
TOPIC 1: Acute Aortic Syndromes.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

• Identify key symptoms and signs.
• Recognize aortic imaging strengths and weaknesses.
• Determine interval screening/ timing for medical and/or surgical treatment.
• Assess complications of treatment.

TOPIC 2: Antiplatelets, Anticoagulants and Stenting in Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, GL, EBM

• Recognize indications for antiplatelets.
• Relate differences between bare metal, drug-eluting stents.
• Relate differences between restenosis and stent thrombosis.
• Understand strengths and weaknesses of different antiplatelet and anticoagulation strategies in AF and stents.

TOPIC 3: Distinguishing, Diagnosing and Treating Carditis: Pericarditis, Myocarditis and Endocarditis.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

• Relate treatment differences between acute and recurrent pericarditis.
• Distinguish acute pericarditis, myopericarditis and myocarditis.
• Identify acute myocarditis patients requiring endomyocardial biopsy.
• Describe differential diag of valvular masses.
• Integrate surgical indications in endocarditis.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information ia available.

• CME : 5

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