Clinical Cardiology Alert: Online

Clinical Cardiology Alert provides clinicians with unbiased expert physician commentary on the most current topics in cardiovascular research. Every month, this time-saving publication examines studies from leading peer-reviewed journals and highlights the most relevant information for cardiologists. Each 8-page issue includes 5 peer-reviewed abstracts of studies and provides valuable commentary added by distinguished experts at leading medical schools. These noteworthy reviews save readers valuable time. Our physician editors and writers do the reading for you!

Subscribers can earn up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue (24 credits per year), 2 nursing contact hours per issue (24 per year), and 2 American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points (24 per year). Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Clinical Cardiology Alert.

Clinical Cardiology Alert Covers:

• Atrial fibrillation
• Myocardial infarction
• ICD safety
• Preventive cardiology
• Pharmacologic approaches to CVD
• And much more ...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Clinical Cardiology Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to Clinical Cardiology Alert Include:

• 12 issues
• 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue, 24 credits per year
• 2 Nursing Contact Hours per issue, 24 per year
• 2 American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points, 24 per year

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Michael H. Crawford, MD
Professor of Medicine
Lucy Stern Chair in Cardiology
University of California
San Francisco

Peer Reviewer:

Susan Zhao, MD
Director, Adult Echocardiography Laboratory
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Nurse Planner:

Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, PhD, ACNP-BC, RN, PHN, FAHA
Associate Professor
Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing

Editorial Advisory Board:

Jeffrey Zimmet, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Discuss the most current information related to cardiac illness and the treatment of cardiac disease.
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages, as well as possible complications, of interventions to treat cardiac illness.
• Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and cost-effectiveness of new and traditional diagnostic tests in the treatment of cardiac illness.
• Discuss current data regarding outpatient care of cardiac patients.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for cardiologists.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

2 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (24 per year).

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.