Bridging the Gap Between Guidelines and Practice: A Call to Action for Improving STEMI Management
ACS Visiting Professor Roundtable Series
Webcast and Podcast
Date of Release: 2-15-2008 Termination Date: 2-15-2009
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
Up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
The ACS Visiting Professor Roundtable Series is part of a comprehensive CME initiative to improve outcomes for patients with STEMI. This special on-demand Webcast includes highlights from the live series and explores how to apply the just-released ACC/AHA Focused Guideline Update for STEMI in clinical practice. Join Dr. Cannon and Dr. Pollack as they bring you cardiology and emergency department perspectives on the new guidelines and how to implement them at your institution.
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Learning Objectives:
After taking part in this activity, you should be better able to:
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Assess your hospital's current STEMI performance and identify potential updates based on recent STEMI trial results and ACC/AHA guidelines
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Review and synthesize new data and current guidelines to outline an optimal approach to STEMI management
Accreditation and Designation of Credit:
The Network for Continuing Medical Education (
Disclosure Statement:
The Network for Continuing Medical Education requires that CME faculty disclose, during the planning of an activity, the existence of any personal financial or other relationships they or their spouses/partners may have with the commercial supporter of the activity or with the manufacturer of any commercial product or service discussed in the activity.
Faculty Disclosures:
Christopher P. Cannon, MD, has received research support from Accumetrics, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., Inc., sanofi-aventis, and Schering-Plough Corporation.
Charles V. Pollack Jr, MD, MA, FACEP, has served as a consultant to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, sanofi-aventis, Schering-Plough Corporation, and The Medicines Company, has received honoraria from sanofi-aventis and Schering-Plough Corporation, and has received research support from GlaxoSmithKline.
Evaluation for Physicians:
After participating, you may download an evaluation form for return via fax to 201-867-2149. For your convenience, the downloadable form is available as an Adobe Acrobat document (.pdf) or as a Microsoft Word document (.doc).
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This activity is provided by the Network for Continuing Medical Education (NCME).
It is supported by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S. Inc.