CME Information
CME Certificates and Certificates of Attendance
Thank you for your participation in the 2010 meeting. If you did not pick up your CME certificate or certificate of attendance onsite, please contact Laura Brown at SCAI directly at 202.683.9182 or at LBrown@scai.org.
For CNE certificate, please contact Complete Conference Management at 305.279.2263 or at questions@ccmcme.com.
Learning Objectives
- Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
- Make more informed decisions and lower patient risk with the use of drug- eluting stents and will be able to describe the appropriate uses of drug-eluting stents as well as optimal implantation techniques.
- Demonstrate improved knowledge of treatment options for structural heart disease and be prepared to employ new techniques for treatment.
- Appropriately choose patients and treatment options for carotid endarterctomy and or carotid stenting and other peripheral vascular disease manifestations.
- Describe the importance and methodology of minimizing the time from onset of chest pain to successful restoration of blood flow to the infarcting myocardium by pharmacologic or invasive strategies or a combination of both (pharmaco-invasive.)
- Understand the indications for closure of atrial septal defects and Patent foramen Ovale in adult patients with adult congenital disease
- Recognize the indications for biventricular pacemaker implantation in patients with congestive heart failure
Target Audience
Concepts in Contemporary Cardiovascular Medicine (CCCM) will be of value to Cardiologists, Interventional Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists and Vascular Surgeons, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Cath Lab Technologists.
Accreditation
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and Complete Conference Management. SCAI is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should claim only the credit he/she actually spent in the activity.
Nurses
This program has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for 18 Contact Hours, Synergy CERP Category A, File number 00015834.
Disclaimer
The information provided at this CME activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition.
Faculty Disclosure
All faculty participating in SCAI sponsored Continuing Medical Education programs are required to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentation, and any discussions of unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved in the United States.
Unlabeled and Unapproved Products and/or Procedures
Faculty at this activity may discuss information about pharmaceutical agents and/or devices and/or procedures that is outside of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved labeling. This information is intended solely for continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of these medications, devices and procedures. If you have questions, contact the medical affairs department of the manufacturer for the most recent prescribing information.
Commercial Financial Support
CCCM is sponsored in part through exhibit fees and unrestricted educational grants from medical device and pharmaceutical industries. A complete list of supporters will be distributed at the meeting.
Commercial support from industry does not influence educational content, faculty selection, and/or product usage during demonstrations and, therefore, does not compromise the scientific integrity of this SCAI/Complete Conference Management program. The decision to discuss off-label product usage and/or off-label product use during demonstration is made at the sole discretion of the faculty. Off-label product usage is not endorsed by the course director, the CCCM program, or the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
