Overview
This activity was designed with a goal to increase your competence in the treatment of patients with hypertension and diabetes.
CME Information
Target Audience
- Cardiologists and cardiology fellows
- Nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and cardiac rehab personnel
Important Dates
Date of Release: January 2012
Term of Approval/Date of CME/CE Expiration: January 2013
Learner Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
- Evaluate treatment goals for hypertension (based on office and home blood pressure measurements) and dyslipidemia in a patient with diabetes and heart disease to optimize long-term CV risk.
- Evaluate the impact of statin therapy on liver function and recognize when clinically relevant changes occur so that recommendations to alter therapy can be made, when appropriate, to maximize patient safety.
Method of Participation and Claiming Credit
ACCF Interactive Cases feature patient presentations, multiple-choice questions featuring limited branching, and discussions. To be eligible for credit, you must answer all questions included in the activity.
Requesting AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™ or CE Credit for this Activity
To request credit, you must:
- Read the all the text, view all the figures/tables/videos, and answer the multiple-choice questions throughout the case. After you have answered all the questions, click on the View Summary button and click on the Claim link under Maximum Credits Available. If you do not see this link, please go back and complete the case.
- Answer the evaluation questions in the pop-up window.
- Enter the total amount of time you actually spent in the activity in the box provided. Please note that you may only claim once for the case. Click Submit.
- You will receive a message that your request has been submitted and a link to view your certificate. You may view and download the certificate when you receive the message, you may also view it at any time in the My Transcript section of My CardioSource.