PCME is an accredited provider specializing in innovative continuing medical education solutions.
PCME is an accredited provider specializing in innovative continuing medical education solutions.
Studies have routinely demonstrated improved patient outcomes when patients are treated following established evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. There is a disparity, however, on the uniform understanding and implementation of these recommendations by clinicians. This symposium will utilize case-based treatment scenarios, as supported by established recommendations, to build a greater understanding of how heart failure guidelines should guide clinical practice.
This program will use case-based clinical scenarios to facilitate the translation of evidence-based heart failure guidelines into clinical practice. The program will also evaluate current unmet needs in heart failure care, the role of new drug entities, and their potential impact on future guideline development.
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD (Chair) (read bio)
Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Cardiology
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program
Associate Chief, UCLA Division of Cardiology
The Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA, MACP (read bio)
Medical Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Ileana L. Piña, MD, FACC (read bio)
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
VA Quality Scholar
Cleveland, OH
This program is intended for cardiologists and other health care professionals.
This activity was designed to address the following IOM competencies: employ evidence-based practice.
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
The Potomac Center for Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Potomac Center for Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Potomac Center for Medical Education (PCME) adheres to the policies and guidelines, including the Standards for Commercial Support, set forth to providers by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and all other professional organizations, as applicable, stating those activities where continuing education credits are awarded must be balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous.
All persons in a position to control the content of a continuing medical education program sponsored by the Potomac Center for Medical Education are required to disclose any relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest to PCME, as well as to learners. All conflicts are identified and resolved by PCME in accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support in advance of delivery of the activity to learners. Disclosures will be made known to the participants prior to the activity.
The content of this activity was vetted by an external medical reviewer to assure objectivity and that the activity is free of commercial bias.
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships that they or their spouse/partner have with commercial interests:
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD: Speaker: Medtronic, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, Merck-Schering Plough, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Consultant: Medtronic, GlaxoSmithKline
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA, MACP: Nothing to Disclose
Ileana L. Piña, MD, FACC: Speaker: AstraZeneca, Innovia, Merck, Solvay, Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis
Non-faculty content contributors and/or reviewers reported the following relevant financial relationships that they or their spouse/partner have with commercial interests:
Laurie Frueh, MD; Carole Drexel, PhD; Donna Fucello; Blair St. Amand; Dana Simpler, MD: Nothing to Disclose
The contents of some CME/CE activities may contain discussions of non-approved or off label uses of some agents mentioned. Please consult the prescribing information for full disclosure of approved uses.
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