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Cardiology PRN Focus Session — Clinical Conundrums in Cardiology: Case-Based Controversies

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 from 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM MST at Convention Center North Building / North Ballroom 120D

Available for 1.50 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0217-0000-24-116-L01-P
Activity Type: An Application-Based Activity

This engaging session centers around four diverse cardiovascular cases with controversial data. Topics include the role of guideline-directed medical therapy in advanced heart failure, innovations in pulmonary arterial hypertension, contemporary management of atrial fibrillation, and oral anticoagulant drug interactions. Presentations have been designed to facilitate dynamic discussions by moving away from the usual lecture format to create space for audience and panel interactions and ending with a 10-minute Q&A and panel discussion. The cases have been intentionally selected to demonstrate real examples of patient-specific decision-making in situations where evidence and/or recommendations are not always clear.

Learning Objectives

1. Debate the utility of guideline-directed medical therapy in advanced heart failure.

2. Create an evidence-based therapy plan for a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

3. Evaluate the evidence for rate versus rhythm control strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation.

4. Design an anticoagulation therapy and monitoring plan in the setting of drug-drug interactions.

Stormi Gale, Pharm.D.
Moderator:Stormi Gale, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology Subject Matter Expert
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
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The Heart of the Matter: The Role of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure

1:15 PM to 1:35 PM
Joshua Jacobs, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCCP
Speaker:Joshua Jacobs, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCCP
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Hot Off the Press(ure): Updates in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

1:35 PM to 1:55 PM
Heidi Brink, Pharm.D., BCCP, BCPS
Speaker:Heidi Brink, Pharm.D., BCCP, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor
Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Transplant
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE
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Dancing To a New Beat: Contemporary Management of Atrial Fibrillation

1:55 PM to 2:15 PM
Stephanie Dwyer Kaluzna, Pharm.D.
Speaker:Stephanie Dwyer Kaluzna, Pharm.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor / PGY2 Cardiology Residency Program Director
University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy
Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
Chicago, Illinois
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Don’t React, DOAC: Managing Drug Interactions with Direct Oral Anticoagulants

2:15 PM to 2:35 PM
Bassam Atallah, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS
Speaker:Bassam Atallah, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS

Clinical Associate Professor
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Senior Pharmacotherapy Specialist- Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Panel Q&A

2:35 PM to 2:45 PM