Treating Complex Cases of CAD: How to Reduce Risk for CV Events

The goal of this activity is to provide an update on the latest information on the use of antithrombotics to reduce the risk for cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease.
 
Educational Partner: Medscape, LLC
 
Medium: Online Presentation
 
Commercial Support: Supported by an educational grant from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Target Audience

This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care physicians, surgeons, and nurses.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
 
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Tailoring therapy for coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with comorbidities in order to reduce the risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease;
    • The use of effective team-based strategies to improve management of CAD.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
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Medscape
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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.25 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 0.25 Participation
Activity opens: 
10/08/2019
Activity expires: 
10/08/2020
MODERATOR
  Keith A.A. Fox, MBChB, FRCP, FMedSci
  Professor of Cardiology
  University of Edinburgh
  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 
PANELIST
  Christian T. Ruff, MD, MPH
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Harvard Medical School
  Director of General Cardiology
  Cardiovascular Division
  Brigham and Women's Hospital
                            Boston, Massachusetts, United States
 
COURSE REVIEWER
  Matthew Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FAHA
  Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
  Department of Medicine
  Section of Cardiology
  University of Chicago Medicine
 
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

Accreditation Statements
 
In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
Physician credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Nursing Credit
Awarded 0.25 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; 0.25 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.

Other Healthcare Professions Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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