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Education Director, Cardiovascular Innovation
Preventive Cardiology Section, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
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This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care physicians, nurses, and pharmacists.
The goal of this activity is that the learner will be better able to examine the evidence supporting aggressive lipid management with proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and communicate with patient about treatment adherence after hospital discharge to reduce the risk of recurrent cardiovascular (CV) events.
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Education Director, Cardiovascular Innovation
Preventive Cardiology Section, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
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CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 5/3/2022
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Medscape Clinic Patient info
Patient first and last name: Hank
Patient Age: 58
Presenting condition: 4 days post-MI; 2 stents; T2D; obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia
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