Cardiology PRN Focus Session — Clinical Conundrums in Cardiology: Case-Based Controversies
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 from 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM MST
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0217-0000-24-116-L01-P
Activity Type: An Application-Based Activity
This engaging session centers around four diverse cardiovascular cases with controversial data. Topics include the role of guideline-directed medical therapy in advanced heart failure, innovations in pulmonary arterial hypertension, contemporary management of atrial fibrillation, and oral anticoagulant drug interactions. Presentations have been designed to facilitate dynamic discussions by moving away from the usual lecture format to create space for audience and panel interactions and ending with a 10-minute Q&A and panel discussion. The cases have been intentionally selected to demonstrate real examples of patient-specific decision-making in situations where evidence and/or recommendations are not always clear.
Faculty
 | | Moderator: | Stormi Gale, Pharm.D., BCCP, BCPS | | Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology Subject Matter Expert
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC | | View Biography |
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Learning Objectives
1. Debate the utility of guideline-directed medical therapy in advanced heart failure.
2. Create an evidence-based therapy plan for a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
3. Evaluate the evidence for rate versus rhythm control strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation.
4. Design an anticoagulation therapy and monitoring plan in the setting of drug-drug interactions.
The Heart of the Matter: The Role of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure1:15 PM to 1:35 PM  | | Speaker: | Joshua Jacobs, Pharm.D., BCCP | | Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT | | View Biography |
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Hot Off the Press(ure): Updates in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension1:35 PM to 1:55 PM  | | Speaker: | Heidi Brink, Pharm.D., BCCP, BCPS | | Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor
Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Transplant
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE | | View Biography |
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Dancing To a New Beat: Contemporary Management of Atrial Fibrillation1:55 PM to 2:15 PM  | | Speaker: | Stephanie Dwyer Kaluzna, Pharm.D. | | Clinical Assistant Professor / PGY2 Cardiology Residency Program Director
University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy
Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
Chicago, Illinois | | View Biography |
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Don’t React, DOAC: Managing Drug Interactions with Direct Oral Anticoagulants2:15 PM to 2:35 PM  | | Speaker: | Bassam Atallah, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS | |
Clinical Associate Professor
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Senior Pharmacotherapy Specialist- Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE | | View Biography |
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Panel Q&A2:35 PM to 2:45 PM |