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Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Physician Update e-Edition
February 2015
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Statin Intolerance and Diabetes Risk: What Do We Know?
 
 
Patient Care

Carcinoid Heart Disease Clinic offers treatment options to patients with carcinoid tumors

Carcinoid heart disease affects more than half of patients with carcinoid tumors. A new multidisciplinary clinic provides individualized review of patients to determine the degree of cardiac valve involvement and the best type and timing of intervention.

Arm ergometer provides an alternative to treadmill or leg cycle stress testing

Arm ergometer exercise testing can be performed with the patient standing or seated and with or without oxygen consumption measurement. It is helpful for patients with paraplegia or symptoms that occur only during arm work.

TAH successfully bridges patients to transplant

For 5 percent of patients with advanced heart failure, contemporary assist devices fail to address the problem of biventricular failure. The total artificial heart (TAH) has emerged as a reliable strategy for successfully bridging these patients to transplant.

Research

Patients with asthma may be at increased risk of heart attack
Research indicates patients who use medications and have emergency visits for asthma are at increased risk of heart attack. Patients with active asthma and a history of symptoms associated with heart attack should be evaluated for heart disease.

See all Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Diseases Clinical Trials at Mayo Clinic

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Education

4th Annual Innovations in Valve and Structural Heart Disease 2015
April 2-4, 2015, in Paradise Island, Bahamas
This clinically oriented course highlights innovations and recent developments in valvular and structural heart disease interventions. Review imaging and treatment for aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and left atrial appendage closure.

Case Studies from the Heart of Manhattan: A Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Update 2015
April 16-18, 2015, in New York
Review clinically relevant information regarding heart failure and arrhythmias, as well as ischemic, structural, congenital and vascular heart disease. The interactive, practice-based format includes case presentations of common and controversial clinical dilemmas supported by lectures in new and topical cardiovascular developments.

Imaging in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Pearls for All Cardiac Providers 2015
April 24-26, 2015, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Topics include the use of multimodality imaging techniques in the management of adult patients with congenital cardiac malformations. Clinical case-based format highlights the impact of echocardiography, cardiac CT and MRI scanning in the care of these complex patients.

See all Cardiovascular Diseases Continuous Professional Development courses

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In the Video Center

Controversies in CABG: Five Contentious Topics in Coronary Surgery
In a setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), David L. Joyce, M.D., discusses:

  • Patients with low ejection fraction
  • Concomitant carotid artery disease management
  • Mitral procedures
  • On-pump vs. off-pump revascularization
  • Conduit selection factors

Visit the Medical Professional Video Center to view specialty and Grand Rounds presentations

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