Saturday, October 17, 2026 from 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. MDT at Salt Palace Convention Center - Ballroom I
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE creditActivity Number: 0217-0000-26-148-L01-PActivity Type: An Application-Based ActivityThis engaging session centers around four diverse cardiovascular cases with controversial data. Topics include the role of pharmacotherapies in Cardiac Kidney Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome, CV disease in women, anticoagulation management in structural heart interventions, and drug-induced cardiac arrhythmias. 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 with 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 Objectives1. Analyze how newly introduced CKM-specific guidance will alter clinical decision-making for complex cardiology patients.
2. Develop evidence-based strategies that specifically address women’s unique cardiovascular risk profiles and disease presentations.
3. Evaluate recent updates in anticoagulation guidance following left atrial appendage closure (LAAC).
4. Design a prevention and treatment plan for drug-induced arrhythmias.
 | | Moderator: | Robert K. Tunney, Jr., Pharm.D., BCCP, BCPS, CACP | | Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
Nashville, TN | | View Biography |
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Triple Threat: Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations in Cardiac-Kidney-Metabolic Syndromes1:45 p.m. to 2:05 p.m. | | Speaker: | Anita Yang, Pharm.D., BCACP | | Cardiorenal Metabolic Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
UNC Eastowne Clinics - Nephrology, Cardiology
Chapel Hill, NC | | View Biography |
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Emerging Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations in Women’s Cardiovascular Health2:05 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. | | Speaker: | Shannon W. Finks, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCCP, BCPS, MSCP | | Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
President, ZüpMedical Services, LLC, Memphis, Tennessee
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This or That? - Antithrombotic Considerations Surrounding Left Atrial Appendage Closure2:25 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | | Speaker: | Megan E. Wesling, Pharm.D., BCACP, CDCES | | Chair and Associate Professor in Pharmacotherapy, UNT System College of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacist - Ambulatory Care, UNT Health Clinical Practice Group
Fort Worth, Texas | | View Biography |
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We’ve Got the Beat - Pharmacotherapeutic Vigilance in Drug-Induced Arrhythmias2:45 p.m. to 3:05 p.m. | | Speaker: | Zachary R. Noel, Pharm.D., Ph.D., FCCP, BCCP | | Associate Professor
University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Chapel Hill, NC | | View Biography |
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Q&A with Panelists3:05 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. |