8th ANNUAL CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY COURSE – Nashville, TN

Mark your Calendar for July 26-29, 2018 to Attend the Only Available Comprehensive Review of Clinical Cardiology Practice designed for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants practicing in Cardiology!

Designed by and for NPs, PAs, and Advanced Practice Nurses

Board Certification Exams Offered Onsite July 29, 2018

Location of Course: Gaylord Opryland ResortA Marriott Resort

Address: 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214

Phone for Group Reservations: (877) 382-7299

Sign in to the Group: American Board of Cardiovascular

Medicine to receive your discounted rate.

Room rates: $195 S/D occupancy.

Room blocks are only held till June 26, 2018, at that

time the price will go up to the usual rate, so book your

room early.

Conference Costs & CE Credit:

Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants

Course – Early Bird Fee = $450Course – After May 25th = $550

Exam Fee – Early Bird = $350Exam Fee – After May 25th = $395

Advanced Practice Nurses:

Course – Early Bird Fee = $375Course – After May 25th = $450

Exam Fee – Early Bird = $250Exam Fee – After May 25th = $295

ACCNP & ACCN Members Receive back 10% of the fees they Pay across the board. Membership Pays!

Registration Incentives:

If you are attending the meeting and you encourage another NP

to attend along with you, you will receive an automatic 10% off

listed course registration and exam fees; encourage two people

to attend along with you, and you will receive an automatic 20%

off the listed course registration and exam fees. Put this on top

of becoming a member and save a total of 30% off.

Continuing Education Credit:

21 CE credits are awarded (6 of which will be in Pharmacology)

by the Florida Board of Nursing under provider number z

50-14076.

Faculty, Staff & Previous Locations

Faculty:

• Vicki Hayes, DNSc, MSN, ECG-BC, CVNP-BC

• Alice Friedrich, MS, FNP, ACNP, CVNP-BC

• Jonni Cooper, CEO/ABCM

Onsite Staff:

• Jonni Cooper

• Bobbi Lucido

• Jennifer Ragan

Previous Locations of the Clinical Cardiology

Course:

1st Annual - May 2013 – Sarasota, FL

2nd Annual - June 2013 – Newport Beach, CA

3rd Annual – Sept. 2014 – National Harbor, MD

4th Annual – July 2015 – Houston, TX

5th Annual – Sept. 2015 – Fort Myers, FL

6th Annual – May 2016 – Orlando, FL

7th Annual – October 2017 – Fort Myers, FL

PROGRAM TOPICS:Daily Program Agenda to Follow

Coronary Artery Disease:

Prevention and Chronic Stable

CAD:

Risk Stratification and Prevention of CAD

Assessment and Medical Management

of Patients with Known CAD

Angiography Revascularization for Patients with CAD

Coronary Artery Disease: ACS:

Assessment and Reperfusion

Therapies for Patients with ACS

ACS Adjunctive Therapies

Complications of Myocardial Infarction

CT and MRI and Nuclear Imaging

Assessment of Ischemic

Heart Disease:

Stress Echocardiography: Role and Risk

Role of Echo in Acute Settings

Mechanical Complications of MI

Myocardial Infarction Mimics

Echocardiography:

Classic M-Mode and Transesophageal Echo

Doppler Hemodynamics

RV Function and Pulmonary Hypertension

Identifying Masses in the Heart

3D Echocardiography: Clinical Application

Hypertension:

New Guidelines for Identification of Hypertension

Complications of Unmanaged Hypertension

Diagnostic Work-up

Essential or Primary Hypertension

Secondary Hypertension

Resistant

Update on Therapy

Heart Failure:

Mechanisms of Heart Failure

Medical Treatment of Chronic Stable Congestive Heart Failure

Medical Treatment for Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure

Cardiac Device and Replacement Therapy (Transplant)

Assessment of Cardiomyopathies:

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Constriction vs. Restriction

Assessment of Valvular

Heart Disease

Abnormal Heart Sounds

Valvular Stenosis

Valvular Regurgitation

Prosthetic Valves and Other Forms of Valve Disease

Inflammatory Heart

Disease:

Pericarditis

Endocarditis

Myocarditis

The Neglected

Right Heart:

Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary Hypertension with Right Ventricular Failure

Diagnostic Testing

Treatment Options

Vascular Disease:

Thromboembolic and Other

Venous Diseases

Diseases of the Aorta

Diseases of the Peripheral Arteries

Carotid and Renal Vascular

Disease

Ventricular Function

Electrocardiography:

Myocardial Infarction

Myocardial Ischemia

Supraventricular Arrhythmias

Ventricular Arrhythmias

Advanced AV Blocks

Atrial Fibrillation and Current

Management Options

Atrial Fibrillation: Diagnosis and Stroke Prevention

Atrial Fibrillation: Cardioversion, Drugs, Ablation)

The Electrical System of the

Heart: Drugs & Devices:

Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Interactions, and Pro-arrhythmias

Syncope and Out of Hospital Arrest: Non-Invasive, Invasive Testing, and Management

Pacemakers, ICDs, and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Photo Gallery from the Gaylord Opryland

Front Entrance to Gaylord Opryland

Atrium of Gaylord Opryland

Take a Boat Ride Inside the Gaylord

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