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Stroke: Acute Care and Rehabilitation
Provided by: ATrain Education Inc.
Presents major types of stroke and risk factors. Provides a review of brain anatomy and deficits associated with various types of stroke and describes treatment regimens, prehospital, and ED treatment. Rehabilitation following acute stroke is discussed in detail. Recent adva...
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21st Annual Advances in Vascular Imaging & Diagnosis (DVD-ROM)
Provided by: Meetings By Mail®
Fulfill your Vascular Lab CME Requirements with this globally revered course! For over twenty years, this annual symposium has provided a comprehensive update on vascular imaging and diagnosis. The newest edition is available here on DVD-ROM, focusing on real time B-mode i...
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Segmental Approach to Imaging of Congenital Heart Disease
Provided by: Radiological Society of North America
Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the sequential steps in the segmental approach to evaluating congenital heart disease. 2) Define the three types of visceroatrial situs. 3) Identify the most important anomalies of cardiac development that lead to congenital heart disease....
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Adults or Big Kids: What Is the Ideal Clinical Environment for Management of Grown-Up Patients With Congenital Heart Disease?
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* learn the percentage of congenital heart operations that are required, according to this study, to qualify a surgeon as a congenital heart surgeon
* recognize that the surgeon-practic...
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Focus On: Acute Ischemic Stroke
Provided by: American College of Emergency Physicians
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the physician should be able to:
* Identify the management steps in treating patients suspected of having AIS.
* Understand the complex issues that determine appropriate candidates to receive thrombolysis.
*...
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Same Admission Cardiac Catheterization and Cardiac Surgery: Is There an Increased Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury?
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* understand that patients who undergo cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery during the same hospitalization are at higher risk for acute kidney injury
* recognize that postoperative acute kidney injury...
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Attacking Anterior-wall Myocardial Infarction in Time
Provided by: ANA Continuing Online Education
In the United States, between 1.2 and 1.5 million people suffer a myocardial infarction (MI) every year. And among MIs, anterior-wall MIs are the most serious and have the worst prognosis. Preventing death from MI is a matter of time. The patient needs to seek treatment quic...
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CT of Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Provided by: Radiological Society of North America
Learning Objectives: 1) List the three main uses of left ventricular assist devices. 2) Discuss the differences between four types of left ventricular assist devices. 3) Describe early and late complications associated with left ventricular assist devices....
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Natural History and CT Appearances of Aortic Intramural Hematoma
Provided by: Radiological Society of North America
Learning Objectives: 1) Explain the pathophysiology of aortic intramural hematomas. 2) Describe the CT features that help identify and characterize aortic intramural hematomas. 3) Discuss the most appropriate options for managing aortic intramural hematomas on the basis of C...
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Neoaortic Valve and Root Complex Evolution After Ross Operation in Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
**After reading this article, the learner should be able to:**
* learn the advantages and disadvantages of the Ross operation in children
* recognize early and late incidence of neoaortic valve dilatation and insufficiency
* learn the most common technique of neoaortic re...
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Anemia
Provided by: The Ohio State University Medical Center
Upon completion of this educational activity,the participant will be able to: 1.) Recognize how to classify anemias. 2.) Review the use of the CBC in the initial evaluation of anemia and subsequent appropriate lab tests....
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Optimizing the Appropriate Use of Pharmacologic Stress Agents in Cardiovascular Imaging Based on Patient Profiles
Provided by: Impact Education, LLC
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of clinicians involved in or with an interest in utilizing single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI or MPI).
Statement of Need/Program Overview
In ord...
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Coronary Heart Disease: Clinical Challenges
Provided by: Vindico Medical Education
Patients with metabolic syndrome pose a clinical challenge because of the need to manage multiple comorbidities simultaneously to reduce their risk of cardiovascular events. Review a thought-provoking case with a leading clinician to understand the thought process being trea...
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Progress in the Treatment of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury: 12-year Single-Institution Experience
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* appreciate the evolution of modern care of blunt thoracic aortic injury
* recall differences in morbidity and mortality associated with the variety of approaches to repair of blunt thoracic aortic injury
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Thoracic Radiology in the ICU
Provided by: American College of Chest Physicians
Objectives
1. Provide an overview of the radiographic appearances of common disease states affecting the ICU patient.
2. Identify adequate placement of invasive devices commonly used in ICU patients and their potential complications.
3. Recognize the difference...
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Cardiovascular Benefits of Aggressive Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy
Provided by: Impact Education, LLC
Purpose Statement
A 10-year follow up of the original Lipid Treatment Assessment Project (L-TAP) survey was recently published. Overall, 73% of patients reached their LDL-C goal; in high-risk patients, the rate was 67%. Despite this improvement, in high-risk patients (i.e.,...
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Fetal Echocardiography
Provided by: Institute for Advanced Medical Education
Course: Fetal Echocardiography
Target Audience: Physicians, sonographers and others who perform and/or interpret OB ultrasound.
System requirements: In order to complete this program you must have a computer with a recent version of Internet Explorer or Netscape, and a...
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Contemporary Patterns of Management of Tetralogy of Fallot: Data From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* learn the present day strategies for repair of tetralogy of Fallot as determined by this database review
* recognize that this study was devised to determine if the newer applications...
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The Impact of New-Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* understand the impact of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation on early, late, and overall mortality after CABG surgery
* differentiate independent predictors of early, late, and overall mortality a...
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Uncommon Congenital and Acquired Aortic Diseases: Role of Multidetector CT Angiography
Provided by: Radiological Society of North America
Learning Objectives: 1) Describe embryonic development of the aorta and its normal anatomy. 2) List uncommon aortic disorders, both congenital and acquired, and their findings at multidetector CT. 3) Discuss the role of multidetector CT in evaluation of suspected aortic dise...
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Recalibration of the Revised Cardiac Risk Index in Lung Resection Candidates
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* understand that the Revised Cardiac Risk Index is a tool that can be utilized for risk stratification by selecting patients in need of further testing from those that can proceed with pulmonary evaluation witho...
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Cardiology
Provided by: Temple University School of Medicine
Educational Objectives:
At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to:
* Improve the diagnosis and treatment of common family practice problems
* Apply traditional modes of diagnosis and management more effectively
* Apply information to commonly aske...
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More Than 30 Years' Experience With Surgical Correction of Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
**After reading this article, the learner should be able to:**
* learn the methods of c-AVSD, i-AVSD, and p-AVSD that were employed in this series of patients
* recognize the reasons for cleft closure and the long-term effects of lack of cleft closure on late reoperation
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Surveying the Landscape of Antiplatelet Therapy: Optimizing Outcomes in Atherothrombotic Disease
Provided by: Voxmedia International
Limitations of clopidogrel therapy for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) have led to the conduct and completion of clinical outcome trials investigating different approaches to reduce ischemic risk. These different approaches include alternative dosing strategies with clopidogr...
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Lipid Management
Provided by: Ohio Northern University
Objectives:
1. Review the pathophysiology of cholesterol homestasis.
2. Indentify tradional cardiac risk factors.
3. Determine appropriate lipid management goals based on current guidelines.
4. Recommend appropriate therapy for lipid ;management based on current gu...
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The Impact of New-Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Provided by: American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* understand the impact of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation on early, late, and overall mortality after CABG surgery
* differentiate independent predictors of early, late, an...
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Anatomy, Valves, and Shunts-Part II
Provided by: PROSCAN Imaging Education Foundation
The Cardiac MRI Series features Dr. Stephen J. Pomeranz's most intense and detailed review of cardiac MR applications as they relate to anatomy and microanatomy of the heart. The interpreter will learn how to master the assessment of pericardial disease, functional assessmen...
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BDX7 Combined Systolic, Diastolic and Continous Murmurs
Provided by: CMElectures
Michael S. Feldman, MD, is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Chairman of the Graduate education Foundation. Bernard Segal, MD, is professor of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and director of the Jeffers...
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Atrial Fibrillation and Managed Care: Current Approaches and Future Directions for Long-Term Therapy
Provided by: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Atrial fibrillation (AF), a common age-related arrhythmia, is a major public health problem in the United States.
The first article in this supplement describes trends in the prevalence and incidence of AF in the United States and the etiology of, risk factors for, complica...
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Pathologic T0N1 Esophageal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Therapy and Surgery: An Orphan Status
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* describe clinical characteristics unique to the ypT0N1 esophageal cancer group
* characterize the discrepancy between clinical staging and pathologic staging after completion of induc...
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