Critical Challenges and
Landmark Advances in Vascular Interventional Management

Webcast CME Disclosure

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Intended Audience:

This symposium is designed for • Cardiologists, non-invasive specialists • Cardiologists, invasive specialists • Coronary care unit (CCU) specialists and directors • Specialists in invasive vascular management • Program direc tors, cardiovascular medicine • Fellows in cardiovascular medicine • Clinical pharmacists and pharmacologists • Pharmacy directors (cardiovascular medicine) • Investigators and clinical trial specialists, invasive cardiology • Cardiac catheterization healthcare personnel • Interventional radiologists (vascular medicine) • Emergency medicine specialists • Cardiovascular nurses

Registration:

Enrollment for this webcast is complimentary, and clinicians are invited to attend this CME-certified symposium and/or share this invitation with other colleagues, departmental staff members, and healthcare professionals.

Grantor Support:

Supported by an independent educational grant from The Medicines Company, Inc.

Accreditation Statement for Jointly-Sponsored Programs:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The University of Massachusetts Medical School and CMEducation Resources, LLC. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement:

The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure:

It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.

Faculty Disclosures:

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC, FACP
Grant/Research Support: The Medicines Co., BMS, Sanofi-Aventis, Eisai, Ethicon
Consultant: Astra Zeneca, BMS, Cardax, Centocor, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, Eli Lilly, GSK, Millennium, Otsuka, Paringenix, PDL, Sanofi-Aventis, Schering Plough, The Medicines Co., tns Healthcare
Speaker’s Bureau: BMS, Sanofi-Aventis, The Medicines Company

Steven V. Manoukian, MD, FACC
Grant/Research Support:
The Medicines Co.
Speaker’s Bureau: The Medicines Company

Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC
Grant/Research Support: The Medicines Company and Boston Scientific

Ron Waksman, MD, FACC
Consultant and speaker or research grant support from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Biotronik, GSK, Sanofi, BMS

Program Faculty:

Program Chairman
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC, FACP
Associate Director, Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Coordinating Center
Staff: Cardiac, Peripheral, and Carotid Intervention
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Distinguished Presenters
Steven V. Manoukian, MD, FACC
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Emory-Crawford Long Hospital
Emory University School of Medicine | Atlanta, GA

Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
Director of Cardiovascular Research and Education
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy
Columbia University Medical Center
Chairman, The Cardiovascular Research Foundation
New York, NY

Ron Waksman, MD, FACC
Associate Director, Division of Cardiology
Washington Hospital Center
Director of Experimental Angioplasty and Vascular Brachytherapy
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Washington Hospital Center
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Educational Objectives:

• Learn to identify signs, symptoms, and prog nostic features of acute coronary syndrome and related ischemic conditions, and their implica tions for invasive vascular management.
• Learn how recently issued AHA/ACC Guidelines for Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction are best applied to appropriately risk-stratified patients with UA and NSTEMI.
• Learn to assess and implement optimal pharmacologic interventions, especially antithrombotic therapy in the upstream setting,
  for patients presenting with manifestations of UA, NSTEMI, STEMI, and related conditions.
• Learn to understand the implications of recent clinical data, trials, and recommendations on switching antithrombotic therapy in patients who present with acute ischemic coronary syndromes, with an emphasis on determining when switching from one agent to another is appropriate, safe, and feasible, and when switching among antithrombotic agents may be problematic.
• Learn to characterize, identify, and evaluate the safety, efficacy, and side effects of myriad therapeutic options used for acute ischemic coronary syndromes including, aspirin, antiplatelet agents, direct thrombin inhibitors, UFH, LMWHs, and factor Xa inhibitors.
• Learn to understand the specific advantages and potential disadvantages of pharmacologic agents currently used to reduce ischemic and bleeding end points in the setting of cardiovascular emergencies.
• Learn to identify the ideal properties of antithrombotic agents used in conjunction with stent insertion.
• Learn to discuss and assess the impact that new trials and AHA/ACC Guidelines are likely to have on future invasive management of patients with NSTEMI.
• Learn to apply national guidelines and expert, consensus-based recommendations in order to optimize invasive vascular management of patients with acute, ischemic heart disease.

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