OVERVIEW

Despite notable advances in management, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and its major clinical manifestations remains a leading cause of both morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the United States alone, ASCVD is the leading cause of death in most racial and ethnic populations and is estimated to cost more than $200 billion per year due to medications, healthcare service utilization, and productivity losses. Many of these human and economic costs are largely attributable to poor implementation of prevention strategies in adults and failure to control ASCVD risk factors using available medications and lifestyle interventions. The Scripps Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis conference is designed to assist clinicians in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of ASCVD among patients in their clinical practices as well as to promote increased awareness of prudent lifestyle and dietary choices to improve patient outcomes.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Cardiologists 
• Endocrinologists 
• Internists 
• General Practitioners 
• Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After attending this live activity, participants should be able to:

• Assess the latest guideline-directed medical therapy and emerging strategies for the management of cardiovascular disease.
• Describe current evidence-based treatment approaches for the management of risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
• Explain how dietary approaches, lifestyle interventions, supplements, and integrative medicine modalities can help to prevent cardiovascular disease and promote healthy aging.
• Describe special care considerations and strategies to mitigate risks in in the peri-operative management of high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease.
• Discuss current and emerging techniques and technologies including artificial intelligence for cardiovascular disease risk assessment, prediction, and prevention.

ACCREDITATION

Scripps Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

For more information please visit the official event page.