Critical Updates: The Role of Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes in Cardiovascular Disease: Call to Action for the Cardiologist CME

Robert H. Eckel, MD; George L. Bakris, MD, FAHA, FASN; Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC; Steven M. Haffner, MD; Jack L. Leahy, MD Author Information and Disclosures

Release Date: May 9, 2008Valid for credit through May 9, 2009

Credits Available
Physicians - maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) for physicians

This CME program is based on a symposium of the same name that took place Saturday, March 29, 2008, at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.

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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Review established and emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease;
  • Discuss epidemiology and risk factors impacting cardiovascular disease management;
  • Evaluate emerging therapies and clinical data on the treatment of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes;
  • Analyze the interactions of atherosclerosis, diabetes, and obesity in cardiovascular disease.
Author Disclosures

Activity Chair:

Robert H. Eckel, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Division of Cardiology; Professor of Physiology and Biophysics; Professor of Pharmacy; Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis; Program Director, Adult General Clinical Research Center, University of Colorado Denver; Director Lipid Clinic, University Hospital, Aurora, Colorado
Disclosure: Speaker: Takeda. Research Grant Recipient: Sanofi-Aventis. Consultant: Sanofi-Aventis, Merck & Co. Co-Chair: Cardiometabolic Health Congress, Committee on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases (CCMD).

Faculty:

George L. Bakris, MD, FAHA, FASN
Professor of Medicine; Director, Hypertensive Diseases Unit, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Disclosure: Consultant/Speakers Bureau/Advisory Board: Abbott, Boerhinger-Ingelhelm, BMS/Sanofi-Aventis, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis, Walgreens, Gileada, Sankyo. Grants: NIH (NIDDK/NHLBI), GlaxoSmithKline, Forest.

Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist, Midwest Heart Specialists; Director. Midwest Heart Disease Prevention Center. Naperville, Illinois
Disclosure: Speaker/Speakers Bureau: AstraZeneca, KOS, Pfizer, Reliant, Merck/Schering Plough, Novartis.

Steven M. Haffner, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine/Clinical Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Disclosure: Advisory Board: Merck & Co., GlaxoSmithKline. Speakers' Bureau: Merck & Co., GlaxoSmithKline. Research: GlaxoSmithKline.

Jack L. Leahy, MD
Professor of Medicine; Chief of Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Disclosure: Consultant: Merck, Sanofi Aventis. Speaker: Merck, Sanofi Aventis.

External Reviewer:

Michael Miller, MD
Disclosure: Grants: AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Abbott, Merck/Schering Plough. Speaker: AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Abbott, Merck/Schering Plough.

Staff Disclosure
Vindico Medical Education staff has no relevant financial relationship to disclose.
 
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