Title: EMcd–Emergency Medicine – Cardiology: Atrial Fibrillation; Congestive Heart Failure; Carditis
Faculty:Alyson N. Owen, M.D., Gregary Marhefka, M.D
Original Release Date: July 1, 2020 Expiration Date: July 1, 2023
TOPIC 1: Atrial Fibrillation
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
- Relate the importance of anticoagulation, based upon CHADS2VASC Risk Scores and the ACC/AHA Guidelines in the management of atrial fibrillation.
- List various pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical methods of normalizing ventricular rate.
- Compare two possible strategies for cardioversion in atrial fibrillation.
- Assess the potential benefit and harm of antiarrhythmic therapies.
TOPIC 2: Congestive Heart Failure.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
- Recognize the symptoms of congestive heart failure and appropriately Stage as per the ACC/AHA Guidelines.
- Identify common causes of systolic heart failure.
- Employ current ACCF/AHA Guidelines and standard-of-care therapies, differentiating between those treatments which reduce mortality and those that improve symptoms.
TOPIC 3: Distinguishing, Diagnosing and Treating Carditis: Pericarditis, Myocarditis and Endocarditis.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
- Determine indication and timing of cardiac MRI and/or endomyocardial biopsy to delineate the etiology, prognosis and treatment course in acute myocarditis using evidence-based medicine.
- Recognize acute myocarditis when treating a new acute heart failure patient.
- Apply evidence-based medicine treatment strategies in acute pericarditis.
- Identify and apply ACC/AHA/ASE guideline-directed patient selection for transesophageal echocardiogram in suspected or confirmed acute endocarditis
- Apply ACC/AHA guidelines in management and timing of operative referral for acute endocarditis
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