The use of pacemakers and cardiac implantable electronic devices or CIEDs is becoming more common. While these devices extend and improve people’s lives with minimal problems in most cases, for patients who experience infections related to their devices, gaps and delays in guideline-recommended care can lead to preventable illness, disability and death. Dr. Miguel Leal, Associate Professor in Electrophysiology at Emory Health Care, and Ms. Trudie Lobban, the founder of the Arrhythmia Alliance, the AF Association and STARS, discuss the value of shared decision-making between patient and healthcare professionals when it comes to preventing and managing device infections.

E1 - Treating pacemakers and other implantable device infection: A shared decision

Join us for this interesting podcast as Dr. Ralph Riello III, PharmD, discusses research and strategies for effective alerts in the electronic health record to aid in guideline directed medication therapy for ASCVD.

E1 - Guideline-Based Alerts in the Electronic Health Record for ASCVD

Data has shown that gaps and delays in guideline-recommended care for pacemaker and cardiac implantable electronic device or CIED infections are all too common and can lead to preventable illness, disability and death for patients who experience infections related to their devices. Improved awareness and timely diagnosis are essential to help save lives. In this podcast, Dr. Jim Cheung, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Cornell Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program, and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research at Weill Cornell Medicine and Ms. Ann Spalding, Nurse Practitioner for the Cardiac Electrophysiology Service at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell review a patient case and have a conversation about the importance of timely CIED infection identification and management.

E2 - Treating Pacemakers and Other Implantable Device Infections: Case Study Review and Implications

This episode explores the medications involved in treating hyperlipidemia-related ASCVD from a pharmacist perspective and the common patient misconceptions surrounding these interventions.

Speaker: Megan Supple, PharmD, BCACP, CPP
Ambulatory Care Pharmacist
Cone Health Medical Group Cardiovascular Division

E4 - Pharmacological ASCVD Management

This episode examines the most common patient perceived barriers to treatment and management strategies to overcome these situations in the outpatient/clinic setting.

Speaker: Kevin Hwang, MD	
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at McGovern Medical School
Medical Director, UT General Internal Medicine clinic in the Texas Medical Center

E3 - Primary Prevention Insights Into Patient Reported ASCVD Barriers

This episode evaluates pathways to identify adults with high ASCVD risk and intervention with lipid-lowering therapy in the Emergency Department.

Speaker: James Langabeer, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair- Population Health 
UTHealth

E2 - ASCVD Management In The Emergency Department

This episode lays the groundwork for our understanding of ASCVD lipid management. Our guest will walk through the algorithm for treatment to guidelines as well as address the barriers, pitfalls, and potential solutions in managing care.

Speaker: Dr. Murtuza Ali ,MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director- Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Louisiana State University School of Medicine

E1 - Roadmap To ASCVD Treatment

How does the equity gap play a role in lipid management? Join us as we interview Dr. Keith Ferdinand on the importance of recognizing & addressing implicit bias in cardiovascular care, and what he is doing at Tulane university to train future physicians in this subject matter.

Episode 1 - The Importance Of Bridging The Gap In Lipid Management

Listen as Dr. Howard Haft & Dr. Tracy Yu-Ping Wang discuss techniques on how to improve the transition of care for ASCVD patients into the outpatient setting – and how social determinants of health play a factor in treatment plans.

Episode 3 - The Next Top Model Activating And Improving Systems Of Care

Learning objectives
•	Review lessons learned by EMS and other healthcare providers in King County as they’ve responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
•	Discuss steps EMS and other healthcare providers can take now to prepare for increasing numbers of patients with COVID-19.
•	Consider strategies for managing the impact of quarantine on the EMS workforce.
•	Describe PPE supply challenges and considerations.
•	Understand the potential impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. healthcare system.

Link to transcript:
https://www.heart.org/-/media/cpr-files/resus-science/ecc-digital-digest/covid19-podcast-1-transcript

Insights from King County/Seattle EMS Coronavirus Response

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke

Insights from King County/Seattle EMS Coronavirus Response

American Heart Association

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