Cardiovascular Board Review for Initial Certification and Recertification

COURSE LOCATION
Mayo Civic Center
30 Civic Center Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55902

This course will be presented live in-person in Rochester, MN and also is available via livestream airing in Central Standard Time zone (CST).

The recorded lectures take approximately 48 hours to be posted on the course Dashboard after they are presented live. ABIM MOC credit must be claimed within 30 days of the livestream course. 

CURRENT COVID-19 GUIDELINES FOR LIVE IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE
Mayo Clinic is closely monitoring COVID-19 prevalence in accordance with CDC, public health and other relevant guidelines. Attendees are asked to comply with all live course conference guidelines. For the full list, please visit the COVID-19 Updates link on our website.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Board Review for Initial Certification and Recertification (CVBR) will provide the cardiologist and internist with an overview of all aspects of cardiovascular medicine.  Well-known experts in each field will give in-depth, engaging lectures on state-of-the-art subjects in cardiovascular medicine.  Each lecture will be followed by a question and answer session with an audience response system.  Although this course is designed specifically to prepare the cardiovascular specialist for the cardiovascular boards, it will also provide the practicing cardiologist or internist with an update on the latest knowledge and advances in cardiovascular medicine.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the etiology and pathophysiology of restrictive and other non-dilated cardiomyopathies and use this information to effectively diagnose and manage patients;
• Recognize and diagnose venous thromboembolism (VTE) and pulmonary embolism, using the appropriate algorithm for VTE diagnosis based on a pretest probability of disease assessment strategy;
• Identify cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients without known CAD and use them to predict the risk of future coronary events;
• Identify the classification and mechanisms of action of antiarrhythmic agents; and, 
• Explain the physiologic changes that occur with pregnancy .

INTENDED AUDIENCE
This course is intended for cardiologists, cardiovascular fellows, and general internists who want both a live forum and online platform to continue learning year-round.

continue learning year-round.