Heart matters all things cardiac

Summary: "This one day seminar focuses on “all things cardiac”—risk factors for cardiovascular disease—the usual suspects (hypercholesterolemia, obesity, hyperlipidemia, smoking, diabetes, metabolic syndrome) and the “not-so-usual” risk factors (autoimmune diseases, long-term cocaine/meth use, PCOS, depression, thyroid disease), cardiovascular assessment (HR, BP, peripheral pulses, landmarks and heart sounds, heart murmurs), cardiovascular drugs (beta blockers, thiazide and loop diuretics, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, Calcium channel blockers, anti-coagulants, anti-platelet drugs, anti-arrhythmic drugs), and diagnostic testing (BNP, cardiac enzymes, troponin, hs-CRP, cholesterol and lipid-profile). Gender differences in ACS (acute coronary syndrome) presentation and treatment will also be discussed. Barb will also discuss clinical cardiac conditions including Chronic Heart Failure, Hypertension and end-organ disease, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, and cardiomyopathies."--Container.

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