Title: IMcd-Internal Medicine – Cardiology: ECGs; Hypertension; Peripheral Vascular Disease

Faculty: Gregary D. Marhefka, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I., F.S.V.M., F.C.P.P

Original Release Date: July 1, 2020  Expiration Date: July 1, 2023

TOPIC 1: ECGs that Primary Care Practitioners Cannot Miss.

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{COMP, GL}

1. Detect and identify subtle tachyarrhythmias.
2. Detect and distinguish subtle bradyarrhythmias.
3. Recognize and manage as per the AHA/AHF and ESC Guidelines for potentially life-threatening ECG morphologies.
4. Recognize and appropriately disposition patients with subtle STEMI patterns.

TOPIC 2: Hypertension

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Incorporate latest JNC VIII guidelines on hypertension into clinical practice.
2. Incorporate latest ASH guidelines on hypertension into clinical practice.
3. Select appropriate therapies and work-up for hypertensive urgency and emergency.
4. Identify patients for secondary work-up of hypertension.

TOPIC 3: Peripheral Vascular Disease

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{GL, COMP}

1. Recognize the indications for ordering ABIs as per the ACCF/AHA Guidelines.
2. Apply as per the current ACCF/AHA Guidelines, the indications for screening abdominal aortic aneurysms.
3. Discriminate indications, strengths and weaknesses of different surgical techniques for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
4. Employ non-surgical therapies for peripheral vascular disease.
5. Identify when renal artery interventions may be indicated.