Criteria for Success: There is no fee to participate in this activity. Statements of credit will be awarded based on the participant's attendance.  A statement of credit will be available upon completion of an online evaluation/claim credit form

CE credit provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare.

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Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Michigan Chapter, American College of Cardiology. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Nurses

Credit being awarded: 8.0 ANCC contact hours

 Pharmacists

AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 8.0 contact hours.

Physician Assistant

AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 8.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Nurse Practitioners
aanpThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Michigan Chapter, American College of Cardiology.  AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 030803. This activity is approved for 8.0 contact hour(s) (which includes 2.0 hour(s) of pharmacology).

 

 

DISCLOSURES

Name

Relationship

Commercial Interest

Aiden Abidov, MD (moderator)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Khaldoon Alaswad, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Chadi Alraies, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Karthik Ananthasubramaniam, MD (speaker)

Researcher

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals; Bristol Myers Squibb; Myokardia

Caroline Angus, MSN, BSN, ANP-BC, CHFN (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Herb Aronow, MD (speaker)

Consultant

Medtronic; ReCor Medical

Geoff Barnes, MD (speaker)

Consultant

Abbott Vascular; Anthos; AstraZeneca; Bayer; Boston Scientific; Bristol Myers Squibb; Janssen; Pfizer; Sanofi

Thomas Boyden, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Kelley Branch, MD (speaker)

Consultant

Amgen; Bayer; Hanmi; Janssen; Kestra; Sana

 

Researcher

Bayer; Eli Lilly; Kestra; Medic One Foundation; NIH; Population Health Research Institute; Sanofi

Denise Busman, MSN, RN, CPHQ (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Sanjay Dandamudi, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Shukri David, MD (moderator)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Jasneet Devgun, DO (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Simon Dixon, MD (moderator)

Individual stocks and stock options

Shockwave Medical

Peter Fattal, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Tiberio Frisoli, MD (speaker)

Consultant

Edwards Lifesciences

Michael Gallagher, MD (speaker)

Consultant

HeartFlow, Inc

Kristopher George, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Matthew Gonzalez, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Timothy Joseph, MD (speaker)

Speaker

Abbott

David Klungle, PA-C (moderator)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Sangjin Lee, MD (moderator)

Speaker

Abbott

Renzo Loyaga-Rendon, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Susan Mastenbrook, NP (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Kyle Miletic, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Fakilahyel Samuel Mshelbwala, DO (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Vaidahi Patel, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Kelsey Peterson, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Mohamma Qintar, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Rhym Radjef, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Sunil Rao, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Nishtha Sareen, MD (moderator)

Speaker

Abbott

Devraj Sukul, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Celeste Williams, MD (moderator; speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

David Wohns, MD (moderator)

Researcher; Speaker

Abiomed

Prasanthi Yelavarthy, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Asim Yunus, MD (speaker)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN - VP, Healthcare Continuing Education and Operations

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Bernadette Makar, MSN, APRN-BC, NP-C (planner/reviewer)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Dorothy Duffy, RPh (planner/reviewer)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

Michele Bielarski, RN (planner/reviewer)

N/A

Nothing to disclose

AKH Inc Staff and Planners

N/A

Nothing to disclose

MI ACC Staff and Planners

N/A

Nothing to disclose

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

 

Disclosures

It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

 

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product

This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

 

Disclaimer

This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participants misunderstanding of the content.

 

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