Carle Health System Cardiology Update 2025

• Target Audience: cardiologists, hospitalists, emergency and primary-care clinicians
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• Information:

A fast, practice-ready update across outpatient and inpatient cardiology. Case-based sessions turn new evidence and guidelines into clear diagnostic pathways, prescribing choices, and procedural decision-making for clinic, ED, and hospital service.

What You Will Learn

Risk assessment and prevention: hypertension, lipids, diabetes/obesity, CKD-CV risk, and lifestyle medicine

Coronary disease: chest-pain pathways, troponin/ECG interpretation, antithrombotic strategy, chronic coronary syndrome

Heart failure: guideline-directed medical therapy (foundational drugs, sequencing/titration), devices, and diuretic protocols

Arrhythmias: AF/AFL rate/rhythm control, anticoagulation, syncope workup, device troubleshooting basics

Valvular disease: echo-driven algorithms, timing of referral, TAVR/TEER considerations

Special populations: cardio-oncology, pregnancy, HFpEF in older adults, cardio-renal-metabolic overlap

Imaging & testing: when to order stress/coronary CT/echo/CMR; how to act on results

Discharge planning: secondary prevention, cardiac rehab, meds reconciliation, and follow-up

Event Details

Structure: Thematic blocks (prevention, ischemia, HF, arrhythmias, valves, imaging/special topics) designed for next-day implementation

Who Should Attend

Cardiologists, hospitalists, emergency and primary-care clinicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, nurses, and trainees seeking a concise, clinically actionable cardiology refresh.

Why Attend

Convert guidelines into simple bedside and clinic workflows

Improve diagnostic accuracy, prescribing, and referral timing

Leave with protocols and patient-education tools that boost safety and outcomes

Topics

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

Advances in Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral, Regurgitation, and Tricuspid Regurgitation Issam Moussa, MD, MBA

Cardiac Amyloidosis Haseeb Basha, MD, FACP, FACC

Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Uday Kanakadandi, MD

Evan Bedford, MD, FRCP Churchill’s Cardiologist Brian Morrison, MD, FACC

Hypertension A Panel Discussion

Live Stream TAVR Procedure & My Second Chance

Opening Remarks Malec Mokraoui, MD

Quality Improvement Projects Cardiology Fellows

Sleep Disorders and the Impact on the Cardiovascular System Victoria Famuyide, DO, FACOI, MBA