Atrial Fibrillation Burden and Timing of Medical Therapy in Patients with Screen-Detected and Clinically-Diagnosed AF

Faculty

Presenters & Discussants

Rod Passman, MD
Professor of Surgery
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Mina Chung, MD
Cardiologist
Stanford University

Will Cho, PA
Physician Assistant, EP Advanced Practice Team Lead
Director of Advanced Practice in Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Mohamed Elshazly, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Orlando Health, North Zone
Orlando, Florida

Christopher McGann, MD 
Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
Swedish Heart and Vascular
Seattle, Washington

Monique Mones Young, NP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Jill Schaeffer, MSN, CRNP, CCDS, CEPS, FHRS
EP Nurse Practitioner
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bassam Wanna, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Brent D. Wilson, MD, PhD
Advanced Imaging Cardiologist
Intermountain Heart Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah

PROVIDER STATEMENT

Provided by HMP Education, an HMP Global Company.

INTENDED LEARNERS

This educational activity is specifically designed for electrophysiology lab professionals, including electrophysiologists, EP fellows, and EP allied professionals (nurses and technicians); cardiologists, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians involved and/or interested in innovations in atrial fibrillation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:

• Stimulate consensus building on treatment choices for recurrent arrhythmias pre- and post- ablation, mobile health applications, ablation techniques, mapping, and other current and developing technologies and intervention
• Review the latest and currently developing knowledge of the critical issues around atrial fibrillation and related comorbidities and risks such as strokes, GI, and gastroenterology involvement, and post-ablation bleeding
• Facilitate a focus on new technologies, recent research findings, and new procedures available for improved patient care
• Impact the development and use of procedures and treatments including but not limited to anti-fibrotic drugs, new EP techniques, and other pharmacologic agents

ACTIVITY OVERVIEW

This on-demand webcast is available with synchronized slides and video/audio.

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Release Date: March 22, 2024
Expiration Date: March 22, 2025
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour

There is no fee associated with this activity.

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ARDMS Credentials: 

• RDMS® Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer® 
• RDCS® Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer® 
• RVT® Registered Vascular Technologist® 
• RPVI® Registered Physicians Vascular Interpretation® 

This ACCME accredited opportunity meets the Category 1 CEU requirements of the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) credential maintenance acceptance policy. You may submit your CME credits to CCI.

CCI Credentials: 

• RCS: Registered Cardiac Sonographer 
• RVS: Registered Vascular Specialist 
• CCT: Certified Cardiographic Technician 
• ACS: Advanced Cardiac Sonographer 
• CRAT: Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician 
• RCES: Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist  

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• Canadian Nurses Association (Canada)
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• Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians (UK)
• French National Medical Council (France)
• Italian Federation of Scientific Medical Societies (Italy)
• National CME Commission of the Italian Ministry of Health (Italy)
• Spanish Accreditation Council for CME (Spain)
• UEMS-EACCME® (European Union of Medical Specialists)

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FACULTY DISCLOSURES

The faculty has reported the following:

Rod Passman, MD: Johnson and Johnson: Advisory Board

Mina Chung, MD has nothing to disclose.

Will Cho, PA has nothing to disclose.

Mohamed Elshazly, MD has nothing to disclose.

Christopher McGann, MD has nothing to disclose.

Monique Mones Young, NP has nothing to disclose.

Jill Schaeffer, MSN, CRNP, CCDS, CEPS, FHRS: Impulse Dynamics: Consultant (Terminated, September 30, 2022).

Bassam Wanna, MD has nothing to disclose.

Brent D. Wilson, MD, PhD has nothing to disclose.

CLINICAL REVIEWERS

Omar Kreidieh, MD
Attending Physician
Tulane Research Innovation for Arrhythmia Discovery
New Orleans, Louisiana

Nazem Akoum, MD, MS, FHRS
Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

CLINICAL REVIEWERS DISCLOSURES

The clinical reviewers have reported the following:

Omar Kreidieh, MD has nothing to disclose.

Nazem Akoum, MD, MS, FHRS: Grant Funding: NHLBI 1R01HL158667-01A1 Mechanistic Relationships Between Fibrosis, Fibrillation, and Stroke: Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations, NINDS R01NS125635-01A1 Quantitative model-based ESUS reclassification using cardiac and cerebral vessel wall MRI, The John Locke Charitable Trust, The James and Sherry Raisbeck Charitable Trust.

PLANNING COMMITTEE

HMP Education planners and staff include Kristin Ciszeski; Liz Minor; MaryEllen Fama; Samantha Joy; Randy Robbin; and Andrea Zimmerman, EdD. No HMP Education planner or staff has disclosed a relevant financial relationship with any ineligible company (commercial interest).

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Commercial Support

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Sanofi US.

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