ACCREDITATION AND CREDITS

EXCEL Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

EXCEL Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of four AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

EXCEL Continuing Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the FL Board of Nursing Provider #50-619. The participant will be awarded 4 contact hours of credit for participation in the activity.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

- Discuss state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment approaches in the management
of cardiac disease

- Compare ablation therapies in the treatment of atrial fibrillation

- Review the role of device-based therapies in patients with heart failure

- Assess therapeutic modalities in women with coronary artery disease

- Translate knowledge improvement into practice improvement with a goal of
improving outcomes of patients with cardiac disease

- Incorporate the latest evidence-based medicine into individualized treatment plans

TARGET AUDIENCE

This educational activity is designed for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, emergency room physicians, CCU specialists, primary care physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals who treat patients for atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease (CAD), or see patients at some point in the course of evaluation for potential unstable angina or myocardial infarction (MI), as well as those who use ICD’s and CRT therapy in treating and managing patients with long-term cardiac disease.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS