Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Inflammation & Heart Failure

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Agenda

00:00:00 Opening Remarks
Dr. Subodh Verma
00:00:52 Targeting Inflammation in Atherosclerosis: Have we finally arrived?
Dr. Paul M Ridker
00:24:53 Changing the PARADIGM in Heart Failure: What we have learned and where we are heading
Dr. Scott D Solomon
00:54:01 Closing Remarks
Dr. Subodh Verma

Learning Objectives

  • Explain the pathophysiology of inflammation in the genesis of atherothrombosis.
  • Summarize the results of the CANTOS trial of inflammation targeting in secondary prevention.
  • Discuss the changing landscape of heart failure treatments in HFpEF and HFrEF.
  • Evaluate the ongoing clinical trials in the area of heart failure.

Faculty

Subodh Verma
MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAHA
Cardiac Surgeon, St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto

Paul M Ridker
MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Scott D Solomon
MD
Edward D Frohlich Distinguished Chair
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Noninvasive Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Video Information
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  • Post Date:July 16, 2018
  • Expiry Date:N/A

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