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Personalized PCI: Patient-Centered Care in Practice CME How to put evidence-based care into practice? Drs Skelding and Spertus compare 2 complementary systems used in their respective facilities.
Medscape Education Cardiology, February 3, 2012
Experts' Corner: HDL & Cardiovascular Risk—The Year in Review CME Join Drs Rader and Blumenthal as they discuss the results of this year’s major trials looking at reducing cardiovascular risk and raising HDL-C.
Medscape Education Cardiology, February 3, 2012
The Many Faces of the Global Epidemic of Hypertension: Many Drugs but the Problem Remains Join Drs Deedwania, Escobar, and Hu as they discuss the significance of hypertension on global mortality.
Medscape Education Cardiology, February 2, 2012
ACS in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring New Pathways to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk CME Join Dr Jorge Plutzky as he discusses the potential for PPAR agonists in reducing cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 31, 2012
A 77-Year-Old Man With Prior DES PCI of Culprit RCA Undergoes FFR-Guided PCI of LAD and/or LMCA Drs Sharma, Kini, and Mehta present another complex case at The Mount Sinai Medical Center's cath lab.
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 26, 2012
Not Your Mother's Cath Lab: Adapting to Changes in Cardiac Care CME Dr. Williams interviews Drs. Radhakrishnan, Rocha-Singh, and Zimrin on the future cath lab.
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 26, 2012

Clinical Briefs

Benefits of Statins Outweigh Musculoskeletal Effects, Say Experts CME Statin use was linked with a higher prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among patients without arthritis, but evidence of statin use and musculoskeletal pain was lacking in patients with arthritis.
Reuters Health Information CME, February 3, 2012
Middle-Age Risk Factors Signal Start of Heart Disease Risk CME
Heartwire CME, February 2, 2012
High Intake of Red Meat Linked to Increased Stroke Risk CME/CE
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, February 1, 2012
Mixed Results of Parental and Adult Caregiver Role in Lowering Childhood Obesity CME/CE
Heartwire CME, February 1, 2012
No Benefits in Showing Carotid Images to Improve Quit Rates in Smokers CME
Heartwire CME, January 30, 2012

Patient Cases

A 77-Year-Old Man With Prior DES PCI of Culprit RCA Undergoes FFR-Guided PCI of LAD and/or LMCA Drs Sharma, Kini, and Mehta present another complex case at The Mount Sinai Medical Center's cath lab.
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 26, 2012
New Treatment Options in the Prevention of AF-Related Stroke CME
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 24, 2012
PAH With Congenital Heart Disease CME/CE
Medscape Education Cardiology, December 19, 2011
Antiplatelets and GI Risk: Clinician Survey
Medscape Education Cardiology, December 19, 2011
The Appropriate Antiplatelet Strategy for Patients Undergoing Primary PCI CME
Medscape Education Cardiology, December 6, 2011

Knowledge & Practice

Personalized PCI: Patient-Centered Care in Practice CME How to put evidence-based care into practice? Drs Skelding and Spertus compare 2 complementary systems used in their respective facilities.
Medscape Education Cardiology, February 3, 2012
Experts' Corner: HDL & Cardiovascular Risk—The Year in Review CME
Medscape Education Cardiology, February 3, 2012
The Many Faces of the Global Epidemic of Hypertension: Many Drugs but the Problem Remains
Medscape Education Cardiology, February 2, 2012
ACS in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring New Pathways to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk CME
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 31, 2012
Not Your Mother's Cath Lab: Adapting to Changes in Cardiac Care CME
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 26, 2012

Journal Articles

Direct Thrombin Inhibitors and Factor Xa Inhibitors in Patients With Cerebrovascular Disease CME In the near future, direct thrombin inhibitors and factor Xa inhibitors are likely to replace warfarin for long-term anticoagulation in selected patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, January 30, 2012
Spreading Depolarization, a Pathophysiologic Mechanism of Stroke and Migraine Aura CME
Future Neurology, December 12, 2011
Treatment of Warfarin-Associated Coagulopathy With Vitamin K CME
Expert Review of Hematology, November 11, 2011
Anomalous Origination of a Coronary Artery From the Opposite Sinus CME
Nature Reviews Cardiology, October 11, 2011
Extrapulmonary Comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: State of the Art CME
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, September 28, 2011

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