CME Sponsor:
National
Association for Continuing Education (NACE)
Location:
This
is a web-based CME activity
Course Instructors/Directors:
Victor Tapson, MD
Franck Rahaghi, MD
Harvey Parker, PhD
Michelle Frisch, MPH
Alan Goodstat, LCSW
Number
of Credits:
1 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credits™
Registration Fee:
Free
More Info
Detailed Description:Welcome to the National Association for Continuing Education webcast of
our Challenges in Pulmonary and Critical Care: Update 2009. The topic
of this webcast is Looking Over the Horizon: New Therapies and New
Approaches in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
The program was
captured live in Weston, Florida on December 5, 2009 and features Dr.
Victor Tapson, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Learning
Objectives:
After completing this program participants
should be able to:
- Discuss the workup of pulmonary
hypertension;
- Explain the pathophysiology of PAH;
- identify
the therapeutic options in pulmonary hypertension and the evidence for
early combination therapy and goal oriented therapy