The American Heart
Association
and
The Department of Defense
Medical Interagency Satellite Training Program (MIST)
Present:
“Scientific Sessions 2006”
Friday 06 April 2007; 1300-1430 ET
(Repeats from 16 Nov 2006)
No CE Credits
a. Sponsors: This program is co-sponsored for Military and Federal GETN subscribers by The American Heart Association and Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Program with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.
b. Availability: This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks. A listing of potential GETN receive sites can be seen here: GETN Site Location.
MIST affiliate satellite networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own scheduling.
There is No C Band analog satellite available for this repeat program.
Videoconferencing may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed. Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.
Will this program be Webcast? No
c. Target Audience Statement: The target audience for this program is cardiologists, internists, hospital physicians, primary care providers, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals involved in the care and treatment of patients with CVD.
d. Program Description: "Best of Sessions 2006" focuses on key presentations made at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Chicago, IL. The main topics highlighted are Translational Science, Secondary Prevention of CVD, Late-Breaking News in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results. Recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of CVD and Stroke are also discussed.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
· Discuss the role of inflammation on patient obesity.
· Determine when to us antiplatelets, antithrombotics or both antiplatelets and antithrombotics with fibrillation patients.
· Recommend treatment for their heart failure patients when therapy has be optimized.
· Explain the cardioprotection mechanism of wine.
· Summarize the results of recent late-breaking clinical trials.
e. Program Panelists:
Rose Marie Robertson, MD,
FAHA; Chief Science Officer, American Heart Association, Dallas, TX;
New Insights on Translational Science
Relevant to the Clinician
Timothy J. Gardner, MD, FAHA; Medical Director, Christiana
Care’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health, Newark, DE;
Update on Advances in Secondary Prevention in CVD
Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, FAHA; Co-Chair, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD:
Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results
Raymond Gibbons, MD, FAHA;
Arthur M. and Gladys D. Gray
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School,
Rochester, MN
f. Program Handouts: http://www.heartcmeprograms.org/BestOfSessions/pdf/BOS2006ParticipantSyllabus.pdf
g. CEUs, CMEs, Certificates: None for this repeat program!
h. DVD/Videotape Availability: None, sits should tape from broadcast.
i. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on these program, however they MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. They may also not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes by commercial organizations without additional permission of the sponsors.
j. Interactivity/Questions: None for this program.
k. Registration: All military and federal GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and coordinates. Sites may register at: DOD-MIST Registration Site or by calling the DOD-MIST Satellite Program Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
l. Future Programs: For future information on free interagency satellite broadcasts co-sponsored by the DOD MIST program (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) and other sponsors please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) http://www.dlnets.com/itv.htm#current.
m. Program Requests: Miss a program and would like it repeated? Make your request here: DOD-MIST Program Request Form.
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