Thursday, June 8, 2023
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Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Columbia University
Emeritus Attending Physician
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Charles and Mary Bauer
Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician
Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
Physicians - maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 0.50 ABIM MOC points
This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care physicians, and surgeons.
The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to understand best practices to integrate the latest evidence and guidelines for the use of early rhythm control with antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) in patients with AF, including recent AF, early AF, and concomitant AF and heart failure (HF).
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
Medscape, LLC requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Columbia University
Emeritus Attending Physician
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Charles and Mary Bauer
Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician
Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
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CME / ABIM MOC Released: 7/8/2022
Valid for credit through: 7/8/2023
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The goal of this activity is that learners will improve their understanding of best practice approaches to integrate the latest evidence and guidelines for the use of early rhythm control with AADs in patients with AF, including recent AF, early AF, and in patients with concomitant AF and HF.
Before you begin this activity, please assess your clinical knowledge by completing this brief survey. Answering these questions again after the activity will allow you to see what you learned and to compare your answers with those of your peers.
