Cardiology for the Practitioner
Virtual Meeting
Saturday, April 12, 2025

College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+® Certified Activity This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto for up to 5.5 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1 This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim up to a maximum of 5.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

AGENDA

8:00 am	Welcome and Introduction	Kim Connelly, MD
Session I: Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis and Managemen
Chair: Howard Leong-Poi, MD
8:10	From the treadmill to Cardiac PET: the evolution of the diagnostic armamentarium Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Yin Ge, MD
8:35	Practical approach to lipid lowering – which guideline to follow, what to measure, and how to treat? Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Beth Abramson, MD
9:00	Anti-inflammatory therapy in the management of ASCV Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Shaun Goodman, MD
9:25	Secondary prevention post-ACS: revisiting the pathway forward Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	JD Schwalm, MD
9:50	Interactive Learning: Panel Discussion with audience, moderated session, Q&A augmented by use of on-line chat, Q&A or raising of hand	Faculty
10:10	BREAK
Session II: Heart Failure and the Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Axis
Chair: Andrew Yan, MD
10:20	A new pillar of treatment in Heart Failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Subodh Verma, MD
10:45	What every non-nephrologist needs to know about chronic kidney disease Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Philip McFarlane, MD
11:10	Evidence and guideline-recommended management of HFrEF and cardiomyopathy Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Gordon Moe, MD
11:35	The Obesity/Overweight, Diabetes, and Heart Failure triad: novel treatments Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Kim Connelly, MD
12:00	Interactive Learning: Panel Discussion with audience, moderated session, Q&A augmented by use of on-line chat, Q&A or raising of hand	Faculty
12:20	BREAK
Session III: Hypertension, Atrial Fibrillation, and Interventions
Chair: Kamran Ahmad, MD
12:35	Diagnosis and management of hypertension Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Juan Carlos Monge , MD
1:00	Atrial Fibrillation update: screening, ablation, rhythm or rate control? Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Kaja Konieczny, MD
1:25	Show and tell from our interventional teams: You have to see this! Interactive Learning:10 min Q & A by use of on-line polling	Akshay Bagai, MD + Neil Fam, MD
1:50	Interactive Learning: Panel Discussion with audience, moderated session, Q&A augmented by use of on-line chat, Q&A or raising of hand	Faculty
2:15	CLOSE