Intended Audience: Cardiologists

Learning Objectives: Participants should be able to: after completing this program.

Display a thorough understanding of cardiovascular illness.
Describe diagnostic procedures and create treatment programs for individuals suffering from coronary artery disease.
Evaluate the cardiac care following surgery.
Explain the biochemistry and physiology of the heart; identify signs of cardiovascular disease in women; and suggest a course of treatment.
Assess and care for individuals with congenital cardiac disease
Show that you understand pharmacology, especially how drugs interact with one another and complementary therapies.
List the different noninvasive techniques that are available to assess heart disease.
Analyze echocardiogram, ECG, and EKG tracings.
Accreditation Statement: Under the combined sponsorship of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute and American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, LLC, this program has been designed and carried out in compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The ACCME has accredited PeerPoint Medical Education Institute to provide continuing medical education for doctors.

MOC Accreditation Statement: The American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM®) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program allows participants to earn up to 38.5 MOC points upon successful completion of this CME activity. In accordance with the number of CME credits requested for the activity, participants will receive MOC points. In order for ACCME to award ABIM® MOC points, it is the CME activity provider’s duty to submit participant completion data.

Declaration of Designation: Virtual Course V8.1, Launch Date July 27, 2016, End Date July 27, 2019:
This continuing education is approved for a maximum of 38.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM by the PeerPoint Medical Education Institute. Doctors should only submit credit claims that are appropriate for the level of their involvement in the activity.

Question Bank, June 20, 2018 Date of Release, June 20, 2021 Date of Termination:
This continuing education is approved for a maximum of 32.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM by the PeerPoint Medical Education Institute. Doctors should only submit credit claims that are appropriate for the level of their involvement in the activity.

Nurses and Nurse Practitioners: The ANCC will accept AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM from institutions accredited by the ACCME toward fulfilling all of your Continuing Education requirements for recertification.

Physician Assistants: AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM from ACCME-accredited institutions are accepted by the NCCPA.

Mechanisms, Assessment, Testing, Pacemakers, & Syncope of Arrhythmias
Hemal M. Nayak, M.D.
Atrial fibrillation and antiarrhythmic medications
Hemal M. Nayak, M.D.
Abrupt Stoppage of Heartbeats and “Other Arrhythmias”
Hemal M. Nayak, M.D.
Wide Complex Tachycardias, Ventricular Arrhythmias, Automatic Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator, and Sudden Cardiac Death
Hemal M. Nayak, M.D.
Heart Failure with Congestive Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathies
Dr. Jonathan D. Rich
The Systolic Disorders
Dr. Jonathan D. Rich
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Diastolic Dysfunctions
Dr. Jonathan D. Rich
Instruments & Surgical Techniques
Dr. Jonathan D. Rich
Identification of Coronary Artery Disease
MD, MS Sandeep Nathan
Management of Unchanging Coronary Artery Syndrome
MD, MS Sandeep Nathan
Coronary Heart Disease Prevention: Primary and Secondary
MD, MS Sandeep Nathan
Cardiovascular Perioperative Assessment and Management for Non-cardiac Surgery
Sandeep Nathan, MD, MS: Heart Disease in Women
Dr. Todd Kiefer
Acute Myocardial Infarction/Acute Coronary Syndrome
Pathophysiology, First Line of Treatment, invasive versus conservative strategy, and Revascularization Options for Unstable Angina and NSTEMI
Gary L. Schaer, M.D.
Treatment for UA/NSTEMI with Antiplatelets and Anticoagulants
Gary L. Schaer, M.D.
The pathophysiology of ST-elevation myocardial infarction and its initial treatment
Gary L. Schaer, M.D.
Adjunctive Medication & Complications Following MI
Gary L. Schaer, M.D.
Disorders of the Valve
Heart Valves
Doctor Daniel H. Steinberg
Mitral Valve Positioning
Doctor Daniel H. Steinberg
Tricuspid, prosthetic, and pulmonic valves
Doctor Daniel H. Steinberg
Diseases of the Peripheral Vascular Aortic Peripheral Artery
Dr. W. Schuyler Jones
Mesenteric, Renovascular, and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Dr. W. Schuyler Jones
Differential Vascular Illness
Dr. W. Schuyler Jones
Part I of Hypertension/Pulmonary Hypertension
Physician Matthew J. Sorrentino
Part II of Hypertension
Physician Matthew J. Sorrentino
Disorders of Pulmonary Hypertension
Physician Matthew J. Sorrentino
Biochemistry and Physiology Biochemistry
Dr. Gautam V. Ramani
Physiology
Dr. Jonathan Rich
Birth Defects
Aortic and Valvular Disease
Dr. Todd Kiefer
Septal Problems and Conditions
Dr. Todd Kiefer
Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutics
Physician Matthew J. Sorrentino
Heart Problems in Pericardia
Heart Problems in Pericardia
Dr. Todd Kiefer
Additional Lectures/Other Topics in Epidemiology and Ethics
Elizabeth Jackson, M.D.
Imaging angiograms and ECG
Aortograms and ventriculograms by Sandeep Nathan, MD, MS
Echocardiograms by Sandeep Nathan, MD, MS
Dr. Amit Patel
Section I: Electrocardiograms / Kousik Krishnan, MD
Part II of Electrocardiograms
Dr. Kousik Krishnan
Study Aids: Exam Practice
Daniel Steinberg, M.D.