Case Study: Lifestyle, Medication, and Intervention to Manage Stable Coronary Heart Disease
Discuss and debate the merits of invasive vs, non-invasive management of coronary heart disease (CHD) with David Maron, MD and William Fearon, MD. This course will apply case examples to demonstrate the best approaches to the management of stable ischemic coronary disease.
Read MoreCan Stenting Prevent Myocardial Infarction in Stable Coronary Heart Disease?
In this online course, William Fearon, MD will review the current practice standards for the management of symptomatic coronary heart disease. He will also describe fractional flow reserve (FFR) and its role in determining the benefit of stents in managing coronary heart disease symptoms and preventing myocardial infarction.
Read MoreHeart Sounds: What is Your Patient’s Heart Telling You?
Join Jane Linderbaum, MS, CNP, AACC, as she reviews basic heart sounds (S1, S2) and how to recognize third, fourth sounds, gallops, and pericardial rubs. After this course, you will be able to describe and identify diagnostic heart sounds/murmurs including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitral valve prolapse, and aortic and mitral stenosis and regurgitation. Additionally, this course…
Read MoreUsing Heart Rate Variability Measurements
Thank you to Megan L. Jester and Emily J. Jones for this article on heart rate variability measurement. You can read the first article in this series here. Using Heart Rate Variability Measurements for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Across the Lifespan In the first article in the series, heart rate variability was introduced…
Read MoreHeart Rate Variability Measurement
Thank you to Megan L. Jester and Emily J. Jones for this article on heart rate variability measurement. You can read the second article in this series here. Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Across the Lifespan Heart rate variability is a complex physiological phenomenon linked to autonomic nervous system (ANS) innervation of the heart…
Read MoreThe QT Interval: Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right
Dr. Michael Ackerman, Director of the Long QT Syndrome Clinic at Mayo Clinic, discusses the importance of the QT Interval and the risk of sudden cardiac death. This course covers the pathophysiology of common causes of cardiac syncope and the evaluation and management of cardiac syncope with a focus on counseling patients to return…
Read MoreCardiac Diagnostics: Using Data to Assess Risk, Diagnose and Treat CVD
The cardiac stress test is the focus of this case-based session presented by Mayo Clinic nurse practitioner Jane Linderbaum. Learn how to use stress test data to assess CVD risk evaluate symptoms.
Read MoreIs it Cardiac or Pulmonary? Patient Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation of Dyspnea
Shortness of breath is a common symptom of CVD but it can also be a sign of a host of other acute and chronic diseases. Watch this hour-long course and learn how to determine the underlying causes of dyspnea in order to prescribe appropriate treatments and provide optimal nursing care.
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