Cardiovascular Board Review for Initial Certification and Recertification
August 21-26, 2021
LIVESTREAM COURSE
Registration Closed
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(46.5),
ABIM MOC
(46.5),
Price: $795 - $895
Program
7:30 a.m.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2021
7:30 a.m.
NOTE: Livestream schedule is in CENTRAL TIME (CST)
7:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction to the Course
8:00 a.m.
PERICARDIAL, CARDIOMYOPATHIES, HYPERTENSION, AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Moderator: Rick Nishimura, MD
8:00 a.m.
The Cardiomyopathies (CHF)
Steve Ommen, MD
8:35 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
8:55 a.m.
Hypertension
Amy Pollak, MD
9:30 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
9:50 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Pulmonary Hypertension
Sudhir Kushwaha, MD
10:55 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
11:15 a.m.
Pericardial Disease
Steve Ommen, MD
11:50 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
12:10 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m.
VASCULAR DISEASE
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
1:00 p.m.
Diseases of the Peripheral Arteries
Amy Pollak, MD
1:35 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
1:55 p.m.
Diseases of the Aorta and Great Vessels
Juan Bowen, MD
2:30 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
2:50 p.m.
Break
3:20 p.m.
Thromboembolic and Other Venous Diseases
Robert McBane, MD
3:55 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
4:15 p.m.
Carotid and Renal Vascular Disease
Ian McPhail, MD
4:50 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
5:10 p.m.
Review of the Day: Questions/ Sprint Test (Not recorded and answers are not provided. Please refer to the associated lecture for additional learning.)
5:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:00 a.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021
8:00 a.m.
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: PREVENTION AND CHRONIC STABLE CAD
Moderator: Rick Nishimura, MD
8:00 a.m.
Assessment and Primary Prevention of Patients at Risk for CAD
Stephen Kopecky, MD
8:35 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
8:55 a.m.
Assessment and Medical Management of Patients with Known CAD
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
9:30 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
9:50 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Revascularization for Patients with Chronic Coronary Artery Disease
Abhiram Prasad, MD
10:55 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
11:15 a.m.
Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Cardiac Disease for Non-Cardiac Surgery
Michael Cullen, MD
11:50 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
12:10 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m.
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Moderator: Rick Nishimura, MD
1:00 p.m.
ACS Part I – From Presentation to Reperfusion
Malcolm Bell, MD
1:35 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
1:55 p.m.
ACS Part II – From Reperfusion to Hospital Discharge
Malcolm Bell, MD
2:30 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
2:50 p.m.
Break
3:20 p.m.
Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Jeffrey Geske, MD
3:55 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
4:15 p.m.
Review of the Day: Questions/ Sprint Test (Not recorded and answers are not provided. Please refer to the associated lecture for additional learning.)
4:35 p.m.
MedTalks - On your own review (no CME credit for this time)
6:35 p.m.
Adjourn
8:00 a.m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021
8:00 a.m.
THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE HEART: ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, ARRHYTHMIAS, AND CHANNELOPATHIES
Moderator: Jeffrey Geske, MD
8:00 a.m.
Atrial Fibrillation and SVT: Diagnosis and Stroke Prevention
Ammar Killu, MBBS
8:35 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
8:55 a.m.
Atrial Fibrillation and SVT: Treatment
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
9:30 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
9:50 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Ventricular Arrhythmias
Siva Mulpuru, MD
10:55 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
11:15 a.m.
The Cardiac Channelopathies (Brugada, CPVT, and LQTS)
Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD
11:50 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
12:10 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m.
THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE HEART: DRUGS AND DEVICES
Moderator: Michael Cullen, MD
1:00 p.m.
Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Interactions, and Proarrhythmias
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
1:35 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
1:55 p.m.
Syncope and Out-of-Hospital Arrest: Non-Invasive and Invasive Testing and Treatments
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
2:30 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
2:50 p.m.
Break
3:20 p.m.
Pacemakers, ICDs, and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Raul Espinosa, MD
4:20 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
4:40 p.m.
Review of the Day: Questions/ Sprint Test (Not recorded and answers are not provided. Please refer to the associated lecture for additional learning)
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
8:00 a.m.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021
8:00 a.m.
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
8:00 a.m.
Infective Endocarditis
Michael Cullen, MD
8:35 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
8:55 a.m.
Valvular Stenosis
Rick Nishimura, MD
9:30 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
9:50 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Valvular Regurgitation
Rick Nishimura, MD
10:55 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
11:15 a.m.
Prosthetic Valves and Other Forms of Valve Disease
Jeffrey Geske, MD
11:50 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
12:10 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m.
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Moderator: Rick Nishimura, MD
1:00 p.m.
Pregnancy and the Heart
Heidi Connolly, MD
1:35 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
1:55 p.m.
Congenital Heart Disease: Part 1 – Simple
Carole Warnes, MD
2:30 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
2:50 p.m.
Break
3:20 p.m.
Congenital Heart Disease: Part 2 – Complex
Carole Warnes, MD
4:05 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
4:25 p.m.
Review of the Day: Questions/ Sprint Test (Not recorded and answers are not provided. Please refer to the associated lecture for additional learning.)
4:45 p.m.
Hemodynamics
Mackram Eleid, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD
5:45 p.m.
Adjourn
7:55 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021
7:55 a.m.
HEART FAILURE
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:55 a.m.
Medical Treatment of Chronic Stable Congestive Heart Failure
Paul McKie, MD
8:45 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
8:55 a.m.
Medical Treatment of Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
9:30 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
9:50 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Evaluation and Management of HFpEF
Barry Borlaug, MD
10:55 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
11:15 a.m.
Cardiac Device and Replacement Therapy (Transplant)
Shannon Dunlay, MD, MS
11:50 a.m.
Live Question & Answer
12:10 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m.
ECG, ANGIOGRAPHY, AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY CODING FOR THE BOARD EXAM
Moderators: Michael Cullen, MD, Jeffrey Geske, MD
12:30 p.m.
ECG
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
2:30 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
2:45 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m.
Angiography
Mackram Eleid, MD
4:00 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
4:15 p.m.
Echocardiography
Kyle Klarich, MD
5:45 p.m.
Live Question & Answer
6:00 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 - ECHO FOCUS SESSION
7:20 a.m.
Welcome, Objective Review, and Introduction to Course
7:30 a.m.
BASIC ECHO: SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION ANALYSIS
7:30 a.m.
Classic M-Mode and LV Systolic Function
Sunil Mankad, MD
7:55 a.m.
LV Diastolic Function
Jae Oh, MD
8:20 a.m.
RV Function and Pulmonary Hypertension
Jeffrey Geske, MD
8:45 a.m.
ASSESSMENT OF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
8:45 a.m.
Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation
Hector Michelena, MD
9:15 a.m.
Mitral and Aortic Stenosis
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
9:45 a.m.
Break
10:00 a.m.
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Ratnasari Padang, MBBS, PhD
10:25 a.m.
Prosthetic Valves
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
10:50 a.m.
Echo in the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Endocarditis
Ratnasari Padang, MBBS, PhD
11:15 a.m.
ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES
11:15 a.m.
Echo Assessment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Kyle Klarich, MD
11:40 a.m.
Echo Assessment of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Daniel Borgeson, MD
12:05 p.m.
Material Review and Q&A
12:30 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m.
Constriction vs. Restriction Hemodynamics
Raul Espinosa, MD
1:25 p.m.
ASSESSMENT OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
1:25 p.m.
Stress Echo: Role, Risk Wall Motion Analysis and Appropriateness
Adelaide Arruda-Olson, MD
1:50 p.m.
Role of Echo in the CCU- Mechanical Complications of MI and Mimics of Myocardial Infarction
Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB
2:15 p.m.
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
2:15 p.m.
Simple Congenital Heart Disease
Crystal Bonnichsen, MD
2:40 p.m.
Break
3:05 p.m.
Recognizing Masses in the Heart and Source of Embolism
Kyle Klarich, MD
3:30 p.m.
Interventional Echocardiography: How 3D Helps in Daily Practice
Jeremy Thaden, MD
3:55 p.m.
Material Review and Q&A
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™46.5
-
ABIM MOC46.5
Price: $795 - $895
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