Intermountain Health 24th Annual Cardiovascular Update 2026

Description

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+ Target Audience: Cardiologists, Preventive Cardiologists, Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Vascular Surgeons, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologists, Heart Failure Specialists, Pulmonologists, Nephrologists, Endocrinologists

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+ Information:

This annual Cardiovascular Update is intended for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and all healthcare professionals caring for patients with, or at risk for, cardiovascular diseases.

Learning Objectives

• Review new and important information regarding cardiovascular disease.

• Discuss latest advances in the management of cardiovascular disease.

• Facilitate nurses to self-report one change that they will make to their practice or performance as a result of this education.

• Facilitate nurses to self-report that their knowledge increased regarding the care of patients with cardiovascular disease as a result of this education.

Target Audience

Specialties – Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Electrophysiology, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Preventive Medicine, Primary Care, Pulmonology, Women and Newborn. Professions – Administrator, Advanced Practice Provider, Clinical Social Worker, Doula, Genetic Counselor, Health Professional, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Midwife, Non-Physician, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse-Clinical, Other, Other Medical Personnel, Paramedic, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Physical Therapist, Physician, Physician Assistant, Physiotherapist, Professor, Psychologist, Rehab Technician, Respiratory Therapist, Social Worker, Student, Surgeons Assistant.

Best for Cardiologists, Preventive Cardiologists, Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Vascular Surgeons, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologists, Heart Failure Specialists, Pulmonologists, Nephrologists, Endocrinologists, Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialists), Cardiovascular Radiologists, and Primary Care Physicians.

Topics

• Registration and Breakfast; Non-Accredited AstraZeneca Presentation

• Welcome and Housekeeping

• Keynote: The Critical Importance of Testing for LDL Cholesterol (Nihar R Desai, MD, MPH)

• Lp(a): A New Risk Factor Coming Out of the Shadows and Into the Main Arena (Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD)

• Fatty Heart Disease: Cardiovascular Kidney (Liver) Metabolic Health (CKLMH) – Adiposopathy and Patient-Centric Care (Viet Le, DHSc)

• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Update on Diagnosis and New Treatments (Kirk U. Knowlton, MD)

• Panel Discussion (Morning Session 1)

• Break with Vendors

• How to Best Utilize the Results of a Coronary Artery Calcium Scan (J. Brent Muhlestein, MD)

• Advances in Treating Diseases of the Aorta (Billy Oslund, MD)

• ECG Pearls (Frank G. Yanowitz, MD)

• Panel Discussion (Morning Session 2)

• Lunch; Non Accredited Regeneron Presentation

• Keynote: Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure (Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FAHA)

• Heart Failure Medications Across the Ejection Fraction Continuum (Kismet Rasmusson, DNP)

• Identifying, Diagnosing, and Treating Cardiac Amyloidosis (Miguel A Chavez Cavazos, MD)

• Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension: A New More Effective Treatment Pathway (Kirstin Hesterberg, DO)

• Panel Discussion (Afternoon Session 1)

• Break with Vendors

• Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Structural Heart Disease (Benjamin E. Peterson, MD)

• Optimizing Smoking Cessation Education: What are the Best Methods? (Kent G. Meredith, MD)

• CT Coronary Angiography with Functional FFR: Is it Ready for Routine Use? (Shane Ruckel, MD)

• Conference Summation