62-Year-Old Woman With Atrial Fibrillation

Online pmiCME Patient Case Study

Horizon CME partners with pmiCME to produce online patient case study activities. These cases are physician-authored, interactive and include everything from initial findings and diagnosis to treatment and follow-up.

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Topics

Cardiology

Expiration Date

July 11, 2011

Primary Audience

Cardiologists

Credits

2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Author

Gerald V. Naccarelli, MD,
Bernard Trabin Chair of Cardiology,
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Cardiology,
Penn State University School of Medicine,
Hershey, Pennsylvania

Learning Objectives

Participants should be able to describe rate-control versus rhythm-control strategies for reducing atrial fibrillation-related cardiovascular mortality and hospitalizations and compare and contrast the risk/benefit profiles of currently available antiarrhythmic drugs.

Cost

Complementary

Grant Support

is activity is supported by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis.

Access to Case

The activity is hosted on the Pri-Med website and a can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
http://www.pri-med.com/PMO/Activity.aspx?activity=110893