UPMC Hamot Cardiovascular Update 2025

• Target Audience: family physicians, internists, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons
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• Information:

1. Overview

Course Date: May 9, 2025 7:30 a.m. to 4:10 p.m.

2. Learning Objectives

Evaluate and manage essential arrhythmias and apply updated clinical strategies for patients with concurrent chronic kidney disease.

Implement current guidelines for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and carotid artery disease.

Assess the contemporary role of structural heart interventions, including TAVR and the management of Atrial Septal Defects (ASD).

Navigate complex perioperative management and formulate patient-centered end-of-life care plans for cardiac patients.

Integrate findings from the top recent cardiovascular studies into both primary care and specialized cardiology practice.

3. Target Audience

Best for cardiologists and primary care physicians who want updates on structural heart disease, arrhythmias, and perioperative management.

Who Should Attend

Family physicians, internists, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, advanced practice providers, nurses, allied health professionals, and other health care professionals who treat and care for patients with heart disease will benefit from attending this educational event.

4. Topics

01 Five Arrhythmias You Should Know

02 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

03 The 2025 Update on Carotid Artery Disease

04 To Save a Life or Allow Natural Death…How Do We Know What the Cardiac Patient Wants

05 Perioperative Management A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Collaborate!

06 Interesting Cases Pulmonary Embolism Clot-in Transit

07 VADs in 2025

08 Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease

09 TAVR Where Are We Now

11 Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)