Target Audience
- Interventional Cardiologists who wish to learn about new and emerging interventional techniques.
- Non-Invasive Cardiologists and Physicians who manage patients with complex cardiovascular conditions with focus on congestive heart failure, atrial arrhythmias and structural heart diseases
- Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Intensive Care Nurses and Catheterization Laboratory Personnel who wish to learn more about patient evaluation and care
- General Practice Physicians who wish to improve their care of patients with cardiovascular disease
- Cardiothoracic Surgeons and cardiac anesthesiologist who routinely work with cardiologists in managing complex patients.
- Vascular Surgeons who wish to learn about cutting-edge therapies.
- Critical Care Physicians who want to learn about new and emerging techniques for cardiovascular care in a critical care setting.
Learning Objectives
At the close of the conference, participants should be able to:
- Evaluate the emerging information regarding the increasing burden of cardiovascular disease in South Texas.
- Evaluate the current landscape of cardiovascular care and its impact on cardiology practice.
- Identify the factors that will drive cardiovascular therapy in the next ten years.
- Assess novel medical therapies and enhanced recovery strategies in heart failure and cardiac surgery.
- Discuss the latest advancements and techniques in complex coronary interventions.
- Describe the latest updates in electrophysiology and its implications for clinical practice.
- Discuss the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and its implications in critical care.
- Evaluate the current management strategies for complex congenital cardiac disorders and its adult sequela.
- Discuss the latest advances in acute stroke management.
CME & CE Information
Physicians
Antidote Education Company is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Methodist Hospital is accredited by the Texas Medical Association.
Antidote designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses may receive a maximum of 13.0 contact hours.
For more information, please contact Antidote.