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Heart Failure at AHA 2020: My Take on Key Data

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Clinical Thought
For those who manage patients with heart failure, AHA 2020 hosted important advances including new data from major clinical trials and secondary analysis from trials we have seen before.  Here are my highlights.

Physicians: Maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Nurses: 0.25 Nursing contact hour

Released: December 09, 2020

Expiration: December 08, 2021

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Javed Butler

Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA

President
Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
Dallas, Texas
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi

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Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC
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Supported by an educational grant from

Merck

Target Audience

This program is intended for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers who care for patients with HF.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Discuss the latest data on investigational drugs for HF and potential implications of promising therapies in patient care
  • Discuss the latest data from clinical trials of available drugs for HF with reduced or preserved ejection fraction and potential implications in patient management

Disclosure

Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any relevant conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to CCO policy. CCO is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME/CE activity:

Faculty Disclosure

Primary Author

Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA

President
Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
Dallas, Texas
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi

Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Abbott, Adrenomen, Amgen, Applied Therapeutics, Array, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, CVRx, G3 Pharma, Impulse Dynamics, Innolife, Janssen, LivaNova, Luitpold, Medtronic, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Relypsa, Sequana Medical, V-Wave Limited, and Vifor and fees for non-CME/CE services AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Lilly, and Novartis.

Staff Disclosure

Staff

Kiran Mir-Hudgeons, PhD

Clinical Editor

Kiran D. Mir-Hudgeons, PhD, has no relevant conflicts of interest to report.

Anne Roc, PhD

Director, Scientific Services

Anne Roc, PhD, has no relevant conflicts of interest to report.

Zachary Schwartz, MSc, ELS

Scientific Director

Zachary Schwartz, MSc, has no relevant conflicts of interest to report.

Julie Skowronski, FNP-BC

Julie Skowronski, FNP-BC, has no relevant conflicts of interest to report.

Instructions for Credit

Accreditation

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) 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.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

Credit Designation

CCO designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Credit Designation

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.25 contact hours.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Additional Information

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 0.25 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, participants must follow these steps during the period from December 09, 2020, through December 08, 2021:

1. Register online at http://www.clinicaloptions.com.
2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
3. Study the educational activity online or printed out.
4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 100% and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the posttest confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "CME/CE Manager" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Program Medium

This program has been made available online.


Goal


The goal of this activity is to improve the knowledge and competence of learners to translate the most clinically important data from AHA 2020 into practical management of patients with HF.