Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Review Course for Boards and Recertification (CVBR) provides the internist and cardiologist with an overview of all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. Well-known experts in each field will give in-depth didactics on state-of-the-art subjects in cardiovascular medicine. This review course is designed specifically to prepare the cardiovascular specialist for the cardiovascular boards; it will also provide the internist or practicing cardiologist with an update on the latest knowledge and advances in cardiovascular medicine. The Echo Focus Session is part of the enduring program as well. Please Note: The Echo Focus portion is “bonus” material and not intended for use for studying for the boards.

The Online Board Review course is delivered through an online personalized learning portal enabling learners to take a pre-test to identify areas of strength and weakness and then directing their learning with a personalized study guide that concentrates solely on areas where they need reinforcement. Learners can view videos from the live course, listen to streaming audio presentations, review learning objectives, journal citations, guidelines and board pearls, take notes on PowerPoint slides, take pre- and post-tests and more. This comprehensive online course will give you 365 days of access to a personalized and adaptive online learning curriculum that will save study time, give you confidence to pass the exam, and most importantly enable you to bring the most current medical knowledge back to your daily practice.

This enduring material is a recording of the Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Review for Boards and Recertification course (August 25-30, 2018) in DVD and Online with MOC format. Physician participation in this activity consists of reviewing the material and completing the evaluation and exam. It is estimated that this activity will take 41.0 hours to complete.

Echo Focus Session Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this review course, participants should be able to:

• Utilize Echo and Doppler information for management of patients with various cardiovascular conditions
• Identify new echocardiographic modalities for clinical use such as tissue Doppler and strain imaging
• Recognize common and unusual cardiovascular conditions confidently by echocardiography

Course Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Describe the etiology and pathophysiology of restrictive and other non-dilated cardiomyopathies and use this information to effectively diagnose and manage patients
• Recognize and diagnose venous thromboembolism (VTE) and pulmonary embolism using the appropriate algorithm for VTE diagnosis based on a pretest probability of disease assessment strategy
• Identify cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients without known CAD and use them to predict the risk of future coronary events
• Identify the classification and mechanisms of action of antiarrhythmic agents Explain the physiologic changes that occur with pregnancy

Target Audience

This enduring program is designed for, but not limited to, cardiologists, cardiovascular fellows, and general internists. Although this program is designed specifically to prepare the cardiovascular specialist for the cardiovascular boards, it will also provide the practicing cardiologist or internist with an update on the latest knowledge and advances in cardiovascular medicine.

Topics/Speaker:

• Special Topic Sessions
• Pericardial, Cardiomyopathies, Hypertension, and Pulmonary Hypertension
• Vascular Disease
• Coronary Artery Disease: Prevention and Chronic Stable CAD
• Coronary Artery Disease: Acute Coronary Syndromes
• The Electrical System of the Heart: Electrocardiography, Arrythmias and Channelopathies
• The Electrical System of the Heart: Drugs and Devices
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Heart Failure
• Guidelines
• MedTalks
• ChalkTalks
• Practice Coding Exams