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Cardiovascular Diseases

Heart Failure Management for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Primary Care Providers

Sunday, March 17

Time Topic
7:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:50 a.m. Opening Remarks and Pre-Test
Barry Karon, M.D. and Jean Wagner, M.S., C.N.P.
The Clinical Syndrome of Heart Failure
Moderator:
Barry Karon, M.D.
8:00 a.m. Is This Heart Failure? Making the Clinical Diagnosis
Jean Wagner, M.S., C.N.P.
8:25 a.m. Questions
8:30 a.m. The Echo Report: Deciphering the Jibberish
Barry L. Karon, M.D.
8:55 a.m. Questions
9:00 a.m. Diagnostic Imaging in Heart Failure – Which One, When?
Nuclear, CT, MRI, PET
Nandan S. Anavekar, M.B., B.Ch.
9:25 a.m. Questions
9:30 a.m. BNP for Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Guiding Therapy in Heart Failure
Barry L. Karon, M.D.
9:55 a.m. Questions
10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:20 a.m. Exercise Stress Tests: When and Why to Use Them
Grace Lin, M.D.
10:45 a.m. Questions
10:50 a.m. Etiology and Clinical Characteristics of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Janell G. Grazzini Frantz, M.S., C.N.P.
11:15 a.m. Questions
11:20 a.m. The Next Generation of Heart Failure Patients – The Cardiometabolic Syndrome
Pankaj Shah, M.D.
11:45 a.m. Questions
11:50 a.m. Hypertension Management Along the Continuum of Heart Failure Stages
Amy W. Williams, M.D.
12:15 p.m. Questions
12:20 p.m. Lunch
1:20 p.m. Practice Pearls for Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes
Pankaj Shah, M.D.
1:45 p.m. Questions
1:50 p.m. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Barry L. Karon, M.D.
2:15 p.m. Questions
2:20 p.m. Non Pharmacologic Management in Heart Failure Janell Grazzini Frantz, M.S., C.N.P.
2:45 p.m. Questions
2:50 p.m. So Your Patient Has Heart Failure: Discussing the HF Trajectory with Your Patient
Jean A. Wagner, M.S., C.N.P.
3:15 p.m. Questions
3:20 p.m. Adjourn