Success with Heart Failure Symposium: Perspectives from the Big Apple

Activity Name
Success with Heart Failure Symposium: Perspectives from the Big Apple

Activity Type
CME Meeting

On-site registration will be available.
 
Activity Directors
Robert E. Michler, MD

James B. Young, MD

 
Activity Specialties
Cardiothoracic

 
Activity Dates and Expiration
Begins: October 09, 2009
Ends: October 09, 2009
Time:7:00 AM
Location: Harvard Club of New York, 27 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 718-920-6674
Email:  npiacent@montefiore. org and chrclark@montefiore.
 
Intended Audience
This activity is intended for physicians and other health care professional involved in the care and treatment of heart failure patients.
Activity Goals and Needs
Over 500,000 new cases of congestive heart failure are diagnosed in the United States each year. Medical and surgical therapies for heart failure are continuously evolving and offer many options to extend and improve life for patients.
Educational Objectives
After participating in this program, the participants should be able to:

Identify emerging mechanical assist devices

Discuss NYHA Class III patients who may benefit from advanced cardiac therapies

Recognize the relevant parameters of left ventricular geometry and function and identify patients that may benefit from surgical ventricular reconstruction

Recognize the deeper consequences of long term anti-coagulation and the incremental risk of stroke while patients are on anti-coagulation

Distinguish the risks and benefits of percutaneous intervention versus surgical procedures in the treatment of atrial filbrillation
Activity Credits and Accreditation
Activity Credits: 7

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational
activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty Disclosure / COI Statement
The “Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy” of Albert Einstein College of Medicine requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relationship(s) with a pharmaceutical or equipment company. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest, with regard to their contribution to the activity, will not be permited to present.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine also requires that faculty participating in any CME activitydisclose to the audience when discussin ant unlabeled or investigationaluse of any coomercial products or device, not yet approved for use in the Untied States.