Aryan Aiyer, MD, provides an update to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) blood cholesterol guidelines in order to improve identification of those patients that may benefit most from aggressive lipid intervention with non-statin medications. Dr. Aiyer also explains the use of risk assessments to see which patients may benefit from statin therapy.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Follow the 2018 Update to the ACC/AHA blood cholesterol guidelines in order to improve identification of those patients who may benefit most from aggressive lipid intervention with non-statin medications
- Identify recent data regarding the use of aspirin in primary prevention and to improve patient outcomes
- Implement precision-based risk assessment to improve identification of primary prevention patients who may benefit from statin therapy
Disclosures
Dr. Aiyer has reported no relevant relationships with entities producing health care goods or services.
All presenters' disclosures of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers, and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.
The University of Pittsburgh designates enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
For your credit transcript, please access our website four weeks postcompletion at http://ccehs.upmc.com and follow the link to the Credit Transcript page.
ABIM MOC Part 2 Credit
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 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.
To receive your ABIM MOC Part 2 credit, you will need to complete the post-test with a pass rate of 100% and provide your date of birth and ABIM number, along with the other required fields. This information will be shared with the ABIM using the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
Release Date: 12/19/2019 | Last Modified On: 12/19/2019 | Expires: 12/21/2020
