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

• Explain the holistic patient care expectations, pursuit of scholarly activity, and the importance of ethical patient management as fundamental cornerstones of the HVI mission.
• Acquire fundamental knowledge of management of arrythmias in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Outline a primer on EKG reading and anti-arrhythmic medication options.
• Evaluate invasive and surgical management options to treat atrial fibrillation.
• Utilize American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines in patient management decision making.
• Evaluate, manage and treat the presentation of hypertension.
• Efficiently and effectively order and interpret correct diagnostic testing.
• Effectively co-manage alongside other members of the heart care team the presentation of mild to severe coronary artery disease in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Play a vital role in the management of emergent situations regarding NSTEMI and STEMI.
• Develop care plan decisions for medical, transcatheter, and surgical therapy to treat coronary artery disease.
• Effectively co-manage alongside other members of the heart care team the presentation of mild to severe heart failure in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Contribute to management decision making along the spectrum of therapeutic options from medical management to heart transplantation and the use of ventricular assist devices.
• Recognize the importance of medication optimization and how to effectively incorporate this into their practice.
• Effectively collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary heart care team.
• Describe the presentation of mild to severe valvular heart disease in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Contribute to management decision making along the spectrum of therapeutic options from medical management to transcatheter and surgical interventions.
• Evaluate rapidly evolving technology in the structural heart space.
• Utilize the subspecialty expertise found within HVI's Cardiac Specialty Clinics and the patient populations they serve.
• Develop a better comprehension of amyloidosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardio-oncology, and women's cardiovascular disease.
• Effectively utilize the subspecialty expertise found within HVI's Cardiac Specialty Clinics and the patient populations they serve.
• Participate in patient care management decision making for patients with Vascular Diseases.
• Efficiently and effectively practice cardiovascular medicine and surgery by implementing the principles of clinical documentation optimization, billing optimization, research and scholarly activity and other HVI APP initiatives.