Getting to the Heart of Type 2 Diabetes Care: Seeking Better Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Last Reviewed: December 24, 2017
Expiration Date: December 28, 2018
Time to Complete Activity: 1.25 hours
*This activity expired for credit on December 28, 2018 and is no longer available for credit
*This activity expired for credit on December 28, 2018 and is no longer available for credit
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Faculty
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC
Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Heart and Vascular Center
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP
Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Tullis Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Chief, Section of Endocrinology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Tulane University
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians specializing in cardiology. This activity will also be of benefit to nurse practitioners and PAs, as well as other healthcare providers interested in the management of patients with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Learning Objectives
Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Assess data about the extraglycemic effects of type 2 diabetes therapies, with an emphasis on cardiovascular outcomes.
- Review current guideline recommendations and available data to support appropriate individualized type 2 diabetes management in patients with cardiovascular disease.
- Identify strategies for improving communication with patients and with other healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Putting Antihyperglycemic Cardiovascular Outcomes Studies in Context With Clinical Practice
- Managing Hyperglycemia in the Cardiology Practice: Understanding Mechanisms Underlying the Cardiovascular Effects of Antihyperglycemic Agents
- ADA 2017 Guideline Recommendations on Diabetes Care
- Multidisciplinary Care of T2D Patients: Collaborative Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes
- Q&A
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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk Inc.
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Faculty
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC
Advisory Board: Cardax, Inc. Elsevier PracticeUpdate® Cardiology, Medscape Cardiology, Regado Biosciences, Inc.
Board of Directors: Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.; Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
Chair: American Heart Association Quality Oversight Committee
Data Monitoring Committees: Cleveland Clinic; Duke Clinical Research Institute; Harvard Clinical Research Institute; Mayo Clinic; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Population Health Research Institute
Honoraria: American College of Cardiology (Senior Associate Editor, Clinical Trials and News, ACC.org); Belvoir Media Group, LLC. (Editor in Chief, Harvard Heart Letter); Duke Clinical Research Institute (clinical trial steering committees); Harvard Clinical Research Institute (clinical trial steering committee); HMP Communications LLC (Editor in Chief, Journal of Invasive Cardiology); Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Guest Editor; Associate Editor); Population Health Research Institute (clinical trial steering committee); Slack Incorporated (Chief Medical Editor, Cardiology Today’s Intervention); Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (Secretary/Treasurer); WebMD (CME steering committees)
Other: Clinical Cardiology (Deputy Editor); NCDR-ACTION Registry Steering Committee (Chair); VA CART Research and Publications Committee (Chair)
Research Funding: Amarin Corporation; Amgen Inc; AstraZeneca; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; CHIESI USA, Inc.; Eisai, Inc; Ethicon US, LLC.; Forest Laboratories, Inc; Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Ischemix, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Medtronic; Pfizer Inc; Roche; sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC; The Medicines Company
Royalties: Elsevier (Editor, Cardiovascular Intervention: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease)
Site Co-Investigator: Biotronik, Boston Scientific Corporation; St. Jude Medical, LLC (now Abbott)
Trustee: American College of Cardiology
Unfunded Research: FlowCo, Inc., Merck & Co., Inc; PLx Pharma Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd
Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP
Grant/Research Support: AsahiKASEI; Bayer
Retained Consultant: AstraZeneca; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Novo Nordisk Inc.;
sanofi-aventis U.S., LLC.; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd
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Independent peer reviewer has no financial relationships to disclose.
Independent peer reviewer has no financial relationships to disclose.
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