CME Reviews: Volume 27, No. 1
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Expiration Date: October 30, 2012
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Statement of Need
The overall goal of the articles reviewed in the journal is to provide clinicians insight on new science and how it applies to current clinical practice. The articles chosen for this issue of the journal addresses important clinical issues such as strategies to minimize stent thrombosis, a devastating complication after coronary intervention, importance of appropriate evidence-and guideline-based therapies to improve and optimize clinical outcomes and safety of antihypertensive drugs. Additional landmark studies assess prognostic ability of noninvasive imaging studies to predict cardiovascular events and risk/benefit of intensive glycemic control. One study explores social issues such as potential cardiovascular benefits of marriage.

Target Audience
The target audience for this activity is cardiologists.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Understand the effect of different antithrombotic regimens on stent thrombosis (ST) in the context of the HORIZONS-AMI trial.
Recognize the role and benefits of adherence to consensus guidelines in the management of acute coronary syndromes, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia.
Explore the potential benefits of marriage and lower cardiovascular mortality rates.
Identify if any antihypertensive drug class/combination may be associated with an increased risk of cancer.
Evaluate the prognostic ability of noninvasive imaging studies to predict cardiovascular events.
Review the risk/benefits of intensive glycemic control in adult patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Financial Disclosure
As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, it is the policy of Physicians’ Education Resource (PER) to require the disclosure of anyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity. All relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests and/or manufacturers must be disclosed to participants prior to the beginning of each CME activity. PER has identified and resolved all conflicts of interest prior to the release of this activity.

The following individuals have financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Author: Alison L. Bailey, MD receives grants/research support from AstraZeneca.
Author: Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH is a consultant for Abbott Vascular and Medtronic and is a member of the speaker’s bureau for Abbott Vascular.

The following individuals have no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Planner, Reviewer, and Editor-in-Chief: Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, MS
Authors: Mushabbar A. Syed, MD; Hitinder Gurm, MD; Ragavendra R. Baliga, MD, MBA, FACC, FRCP (Edin), FRS MED; Saurav Chatterjee, MD; Srikanth Seethala, MD; James P. Eichelberger, MD, FACC
PER Staff: Ann C. Lichti, CCMEP
Editorial Director: Bea Riemschneider
PER Staff have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Off-Label Disclosure and Disclaimer
This CME activity will not include off-label discussion. The information provided in this CME activity is for continuing medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient’s medical condition.

Sources of Funding
No educational grants from commercial interests were received. This activity is funded by Intellisphere, LLC.

Instructions for Receiving Credit
In order to receive a CME certificate for this activity, participants must

Read each Review.
Take the posttest. A passing score of 70% or higher is required to obtain a CME certificate.
Complete the CME activity evaluation. Participants can immediately download their CME certificates upon successful passing of the posttest and completion of the CME activity evaluation.

Accreditation and Designation of Credit
Physicians’ Education Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians’ Education Resource designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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