Cardiology Update 2011

Presented by: Presbyterian Heart Program & Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation

This program is designed for internists, primary care practitioners, emergency room physicians, advanced nurse clinicians and others involved in the care of patients with cardiac conditions.


At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

Recognize the non-orthostatic co-morbidities associated with POTS. Examine the relationship of POTS to other dysautonomias. Review management strategies for POTS.

Explain the framework of ATP III guideline based risk assessment. Describe the approximate risk distribution in the US. Explain how changes in guidelines or selection of risk calculation tool can impact the US population. Demonstrate the ability to calculate risk in the office setting and give examples of patients who are appropriate for additional imaging.

Classify the different categories of pulmonary hypertension. Review how the cardiologist can play a unique role in the diagnosis and managmeent of the patient with PAH. Update on the basic treatment strategy used for patients with PAH.

Examine the basic categories of congenital heart disease encountered in the adult population. Review the importance of hemodynamic assessments in adult congenital catheterization. Identify the spectrum of interventions available in the interventional cardiology lab for adults with congenital / structural heart disease.

Compare how my clinical decision making on interesting and unusual cases lines up with that of other internists? Can internal medicine really be this much fun? Demonstrate how the most interesting case that I have ever diagnosed can become a teaching tool for internists everywhere?

Review the cardiovascular risk associated with postmenopausal hormone therapy. Determine how to weigh risk versus benefit in individuals to ascertain a best course of treatment and achieve symptom relief.

Identify barriers to risk prediction in the clinic setting. Describe potential enablers of risk prediction that could be present in the EHR. Explain the general process of linking a decision support tool into the UW Madison EHR. Describe early research trials and future directions of study for EHR optimization.

Explain the impact of the Institute of Medicine reports: To Err is Human, and Crossing the Quality Chasm, and why measuring progress is so difficult. Discuss how the safety culture of a work team can be assessed and improved. Review the cross cutting strategies to improve safety and culture.

The John N. Wilson, MD Lectureship in Cardiovascular Diseases was established in 1985 in recognition of the extraordinary medical and humanitarian achievements of John N. Wilson, MD. Dr. Wilson, who retired from group practice in cardiovascular surgery in 1989, is closely linked to the success of the cardiac program at Presbyterian Hospital. He is credited with building a team comprised of nurses, technicians, cardiologists, and surgeons, and establishing a heart program with wide ranging diagnositc, medical and surgical capabilities. Dr. Wilson and now resides in Taos, New Mexico.

The Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation, Wilson Lectureship Endowment Fund, and corporate grants fund the John N. Wilson, MD, Lectureship in Cardiovascular Diseases.