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Cardiology CME
- Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient With Transposition of the Great Arteries Following Atrial-level (Senning or Mustard) Repair
- New Targets in Global Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Considering the Whole Patient
- Clearing the Obstacles to Evidence-based ACS Care: New Strategies to Guide Practitioners
- Strategies for Blood Management in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in African-American Patients
- Syncope in an Otherwise Healthy Man
- A 26-Year-Old Female Presents with Sudden Loss of Consciousness While Standing
- Medical Crossfire: Hot Topics in Hypercholesterolemia: Impact of Recent Clinical Trial Data on Clinical Practice
- Cardiovascular Risk Management in Diabetes: A Cross-Specialty Approach to the Clinical Challenges
- ACC 2008: The Future of Managing Dyslipidemia
- Molecular MRI of Hematopoietic Stem-progenitor Cells: In Vivo Monitoring of Gene Therapy and Atherosclerosis
- The Hemodynamics of Hypertension -- The Importance of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
- Hypertension and Its Clinical Impact: A Report From the 2008 ACC
- Critical Updates: The Role of Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes in Cardiovascular Disease: Call to Action for the Cardiologist
- A Patient With Recurrent MI: The Role of Antiplatelet Therapies in the Acute and Chronic Stages Following STEMI
- Spotlight on HDL-raising Therapies: Insights From the Torcetrapib Trials
- Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Evidence-based Practice and Approaches
- In Light of Recent Controversies in Treating Dyslipidemia, Is Lowering LDL Still the Target?
- Beta-Blockers in Hypertension: Should We Discard Them?
- Mechanisms of Disease: Molecular Genetics of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy
- A 55-Year-Old Woman with Shortness of Breath and a Rapid Heart Rate
- Emerging Data in the Treatment of Mixed Dyslipidemia
- A 60-Year-Old Male Presents With Shortness of Breath Under Exercise, Anginal Pain Under Exercise, Peripheral Edema, and Increasing Weakness
- Near-Syncope in a 24-Year-Old Man
- A 51-Year-Old Male Sustains Cardiac Arrest After a Prolonged Hospitalization for Pneumonia and Lung Abscess
- Antiplatelet Regimens in NSTEMI: Current and Future Approaches
- Patient Risk in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- IMPROVE HF: Treating Typical Heart Failure Patients According to Practice Guidelines
- Mechanisms and Syndromes of Cardiometabolic Disease: Emerging Science in Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes
- Identifying Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients at High Risk for Bleeding
- Technology Insight: In Vivo Coronary Plaque Classification by Intravascular Ultrasonography Radiofrequency Analysis
- Reducing Residual Cardiovascular Risk: The Role of Raising HDL-C
- Technology Insight: Magnetic Navigation in Coronary Interventions
- An Overweight Smoker With Mixed Dyslipidemia: When Lifestyle Modification and Statins Aren't Enough
- Management of Hypertension in Black Patients in the Primary Care Setting: Focus on Calcium Channel Blockers
- Cardiometabolic Risk in the Spotlight: Which Therapies Should Take Center Stage?
- An Elderly Man with Dyspnea
- Rapid Regression of Atherosclerosis: Insights From the Clinical and Experimental Literature
- A 57-Year-Old Asymptomatic Male Presents for Evaluation of an Abnormal ECG Obtained During a Physical
- Antifibrinolytics: Public Forum Discussion -- FDA Meeting September 2007
- Evolving Strategies in Implantable Device Therapy for the Heart Failure Patient
- Highlights of the American Heart Association (AHA) 2007 Scientific Sessions
- Stress (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy -- A Novel Pathophysiological Hypothesis to Explain Catecholamine-induced Acute Myocardial Stunning
- Optimizing Patient Outcomes in CAD: Untangling Recent Drug-eluting Stent, Antiplatelet, and Medical Therapy Trial Data
- A 36-Year-Old Woman Presents for an ECG Prior to an Elective Cholecystectomy
- Technology Insight: Magnetic Resonance Angiography for the Evaluation of Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
- New Perspectives on Optimizing the Management of Patients With Decompensated Heart Failure
- Surgery Insight: Carotid Endarterectomy -- Which Patients to Treat and When?
- Uncovering Complications of Congenital Heart Disease: Eisenmenger's Syndrome and Beyond
- Treatment Strategies for Acute Coronary Syndromes: Optimizing Antiplatelet and Antithrombin Therapy in Special Populations
- The Role of Antifibrinolytics in Surgical Blood Management
- HOPE for the Higher Risk Hypertensive
- Evidence-Based Review of Renal Injury Risks in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Role of Standard Lipid Panels and Emerging Lipoprotein Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Management of Patients With Dyslipidemia
- Mechanisms of Disease: The Genetic Basis of Coronary Heart Disease
- Improving Risk Prediction Precision and Care: From "Intermediate Risk" to Office-based Therapeutic Interventions
- Managing STEMI Patients: Education Through Simulation
- Evaluation and Treatment of Hypersensitivity in Cardiac Surgery
- Role of Contrast Echocardiography in Cardiovascular Disease
- Surgery Insight: Septal Myectomy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy -- The Mayo Clinic Experience
- Twiddler's Syndrome
- Management of Postoperative Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery: Using Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines in Clinical Practice
- Mechanisms of Disease: Toll-like Receptors in Cardiovascular Disease
Related CME
- A Case of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Challenge of Improving Outcomes
- Palpitations in a 19-Year-Old Male With a Rash
- Cardiometabolic Risk and Atrial Fibrillation in a 48-year-old Man: Case Study
- Primary and Secondary Prevention in Mixed Dyslipidemia: What Do the Guidelines Say?
- Addressing Cardiology Concerns in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Care
- Achieving Targets in Type 2 Diabetes: Interactive Patient Cases
- Chronic Management of Obesity: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing CV Risk
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, or Both for Patients With Proteinuria? A Best Evidence Review
- The Skinny on Weight Loss Supplements: Fact or Fantasy?
- Time of Day Is Associated With Postoperative Morbidity: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data
- Cultural Competency in Healthcare: A Clinical Review and Video Vignettes From the National Medical Association
- Educating the Health Professional for Improving Cultural Competency
- Individualizing Antiretroviral Therapy on the Basis of Comorbidities and the Risk for Viral Resistance
- Drug Mix-Ups Threaten Patient Safety
- Patients, Caregivers, and the Danger of Imaging Studies: The Four Horsemen of the Radiology Apocalypse and What Must Be Done...
- A Traveler’s Fever
- Strategies for Preventing and Treating Uncontrolled Perioperative Bleeding
- Management of Heart Failure in Elderly People
- Emerging Strategies for the Clinical Management of Chronic Obesity
- Improving Mental Health Outcomes: Focus on Atypical Antipsychotics
- Prevention of Thromboembolic Complications Following Acute Ischemic Stroke
- The Role of Incretin-Based Therapies: Reconstructing Treatment Approaches in Type 2 Diabetes
- Microalbuminuria Screening in Patients With Hypertension: Recommendations for Clinical Practice
- Managing Secondary Hyperparathyroidism and Bone Mineral Abnormalities in Patients With CKD Stages 3-5
- Highlights from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
- From Inpatient to Outpatient: Practical Strategies for Optimizing Treatment of Hyperglycemia and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Tackling the Controversies of Biologic Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthropathy: Application of Emerging Clinical Data Into Daily Treatment Decisions
- A Primer on Genomic and Personalized Medicine: How Will It Affect Your Practice?
- Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance in the ICU: Application of the CDC 12-Step Program to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings
- Immunosuppressive Strategies for Long-term Success in Heart Transplantation
- Practical Approaches to Vascular Complications in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
- Statins for Surgical Patients
- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Pathophysiology and Management
- Turning Adverse Drug Events Into Better Patient Care
- Comparative Effectiveness of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs) and Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs) for Treating Essential Hypertension: AHRQ Executive Summary
- Early Identification and Treatment of Mineral and Bone Disorders in CKD Stages 3 and 4
- Testosterone and Mortality: An Expert Interview With Dr. Adrian S. Dobs
- Alternative Modes of Prostanoid Administration in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension: Combination Usage
- A Newborn Presenting in Extremis
- Assuring Quality Care for People With Limited Health Literacy
- New Agents In Development For the Management of Obesity
- The Next Frontier in CV Risk Reduction: Increasing HDL-C in Patients with Mixed Dyslipidemia
- Cases From AHRQ WebM&M: Code Blue -- Where To?
- Hypertension and Soy: A Best Evidence Review
- Managing Obesity as a Chronic Disease: A Pathophysiologic Approach to Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction
- Top Herbal Products: Efficacy and Safety Concerns
- Folic Acid -- Finally Some Good News: A Best Evidence Review
- Time Tool: Challenges of Treating Tobacco Use in High-Risk Populations
- Atrial Fibrillation: Diagnosis and Management
- Current and Emerging Therapies in the Management of Venothromboembolism
- Management of High-Risk Tobacco Users: Where Practice Guidelines and Clinical Judgment Meet
- Moderate Sedation Administration for Nonanesthesiologists: The Scientific Basis of Safe Clinical Practices
- Warfarin vs Aspirin in Atrial Fibrillation -- New Perspectives: A Best Evidence Review
- Hemodynamic Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Echocardiography and Cardiac Catheterization
- Association of Upper Trunk and Visceral Adipose Tissue Volume With Insulin Resistance in Control and HIV-Infected Subjects in the FRAM Study
- Understanding Triglycerides: Beyond LDL Cholesterol
- Assessing Health Literacy in Clinical Practice
- Highlights of the XVI International Symposium on Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism
- ASN 2007: Emerging Therapies for Management of Mineral Bone Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease
- ASN 2007: Anemia Management: Hemoglobin Levels, Iron Levels and Parameters, and Association of Race
- TIA and Secondary Stroke Prevention
- HIV-Infected Adults With a CD4 Cell Count Greater Than 500 Cells/mm3 on Long-Term Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Reach Same Mortality Rates as the General Population
- Small Steps and Practical Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity
- Cases From AHRQ WebM&M: Coming Undone -- Failure of Closure Device
- Vascular Calcification and Hyperphosphatemia in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Challenges of Treating Tobacco Users in High-Risk Populations
- The Diagnosis and Management of Prehypertension Based Upon the JNC-7 Guidelines
- Early Diagnosis and Aggressive Treatment of Hypertension to Improve Patient Outcomes: Implementing the JNC 7 Guidelines
- Hypertension in Pregnancy: An Emerging Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease
- Topical Treatments for Fat Reduction -- Do They Work? A Best Evidence Review
- Hyperlipidemia: A Modifiable Risk Factor for Erectile Dysfunction
- Ageing in Marfan Syndrome
- A 15-Year-Old Boy Presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital With a Cough and Progressive Dyspnea
- Improving Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease Through Effective Hyperphosphatemia Management
- Minimizing the Risk for Glucose Intolerance and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With HIV
- Effects of Phosphate Binders on Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: The DCOR Trial
- "Opt-out" HIV Testing and First-line Therapy
- New Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory and Proresolving Lipid Mediators: Implications for Rheumatic Diseases
- Quality Improvement in Healthcare
- Highlights of the 2007 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Annual Meeting
- The Incidence and Implications of Aldosterone Breakthrough
- Therapy Insight: Body-Shape Changes and Metabolic Complications Associated With HIV and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
- When Do the Ravages of Type 2 Diabetes Begin? A Multi-Disciplinary Discussion
- Role of Nonpharmacologic Treatments in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation
- Barriers to Prevention in DVT/PE: An Integrated Approach
- Conference Coverage: Selected Presentations From the Annual Scientific Meeting of NAASO-The Obesity Society; October 20-24, 2006; Boston, Massachusetts
- Appropriate Blood Pressure Control In Hypertensive and Normotensive Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Summary of the ABCD Trial
- Surgical Treatment of Obesity
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- Marcia J. Jackson, PhD, FACME (Chair)
- John R. Kamp, PhD, JD
- George D. Lundberg, MD, FCAP, FASCP
- Cecilia F. Mulvey, PhD, RN
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