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Mia A. Taormina, DO, FACOI

Agenda/View Sessions - May 11, 2023

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8:00 am EDT
Cardiovascular Risks of Endurance Sport (2023)

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Overview

In this session, you'll learn how to:

  • Discuss the primary causes of sudden cardiac arrest/death in athletes.
  • Discuss management of CVD in athletes.
  • Discuss controversial cardiac findings in athletes with relation to sport participation.
Speaker(s)

Tamanna K. Singh, MD, FACC, Co-Director, Sports Cardiology Center, Cleveland Clinic

8:50 am EDT
Chest Pain Guideline Updates: Role of SPECT vs Coronary CTA (2023)

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In this session, you'll learn how to review the 2021 ACC/AHA Chest Pain Guidelines.

Speaker(s)

Philip M. Riley, DO, FACOI, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - College of Medicine

9:35 am EDT
Updates on Heart Failure with Reduced EF (2023)

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Overview

In this session, you'll learn how to:

Describe what’s new in HFrEF in 2022

Describe the expected course of patient with Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction with appropriate Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT)

Identify who has advanced HF and when to consider referral to Advanced Heart Failure Services


Speaker(s)

George G. Sokos, DO, FACOI, West Virginia University

10:30 am EDT
Updates on Heart Failure with Preserved EF (2023)

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Overview

Discuss current definitions and categories of Heart Failure

Understand epidemiology, pathophysiology and outcomes of HFpEF

Evaluate current evidence and discuss up-to-date, comprehensive management of patients with HFpEF

Speaker(s)

Raghavendra Makam, MD, Cardiologist

11:15 am EDT
Role of Left Bundle Pacing (2023)

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Overview

In this session, you'll learn how:

  • To discuss the history of cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • To discuss the utility of left bundle branch pacing
  • To discuss the limitations of left bundle branch pacing
Speaker(s)

Alan Welter-Frost, MD, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist

11:55 am EDT
LUNCH BREAK

(60 mins)

12:55 pm EDT
Smoke in Mirrors: The Good, Bad and the Ugly Consequences of Vaping (2023)

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Overview

In this session, you'll learn how to:

  • Discuss the current state of EVALI
  • Discuss other associations of vaping w/lung disease
  • Discuss effectiveness of E-cigs in smoking cessation
Speaker(s)

Mary R. Suchyta, DO, FACOI, Medical Director, Select Health

1:45 pm EDT
Approach to an Abnormal CT Chest: Do we Need to Chase all Micronodules (2023)

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Overview

In this session, you'll learn how to:

  • Review the prevalence and epidemiology of pulmonary nodules
  • Review current guidelines for evaluation of incidental pulmonary nodules
  • Review the process of estimating risk of malignancy and shared decision making in pulmonary nodule evaluation
Speaker(s)

Hermes Velasquez, MD, Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Specialist

2:30 pm EDT
Update on Pulmonary Hypertension (2023)

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Overview

In this session, you'll learn how:

  • To review the classification of pulmonary hypertension and the new definition of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  • To understand the physiopathology and pathways of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  • To understand the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Speaker(s)

Diego A. Maldonado, MD, FCCP, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital

3:25 pm EDT
Lung Exams with POCUS (point of care ultrasound) (2023)

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Overview

Discuss and demonstrate proper ultrasound machine set up, adjustment and use for the particular exam type selected.

Develop and refine the psychomotor skills necessary for proper transducer orientation and translation.

Compare and contrast images of normal and abnormal anatomy as viewed on the ultrasound display.

Speaker(s)

Peter Bonadonna, Owner and Teaching Faculty, Insonate, LLC