Rheumatology Highlights Report
Update on Cardiovascular Effects
in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Release Date: January 5, 2012
Expiration Date: January 5, 2013
Estimated Time of Completion: 15 minutes
Description
The Rheumatology Highlights Report Series is designed for the busy clinician. It provides highlights from key scientific presentations and/or abstracts presented at the national rheumatology meeting. Clinical experts attending this meeting have selected the most significant data to report. Each activity is a 15-minute presentation. Enhancements include downloadable audio and slide sets, and supporting abstracts with expert commentaries. This series offers two methods of participation: on your computer or mobile device.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the most recent research from the 2011 ACR meeting as it relates to the impact of rheumatoid arthritis on cardiovascular disease risk.
- Review recent advances in the area of premature cardiovascular disease including HDL functionality, use of statin medication, and the impact of DMARD therapy.
- Assess the data on cardiac morphology (including plaque burden, arterial wall remodeling, and LV myocardium) and their usefulness as predictors for atherosclerosis in RA patients.
Target Audience
This activity is directed to rheumatologists, immunologists, rheumatology and immunology fellows, clinical researchers, and rheumatology and immunology allied health professionals, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Vice Chairman, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Faculty
Elaine Husni, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Vice Chairman, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Disclosure
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty has indicated that he may have a relationship which, in the context of his presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Leonard H. Calabrese, DO | ||
| Abbott Laboratories; Amgen, Inc.; Centocor; Genentech/Roche; Pfizer | Consulting, Teaching & Speaking | |
| BMS; Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Wyeth | Consulting | |
The following faculty has indicated that she has no relationship which, in the context of her presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Elaine Husni, MD
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges educational grants
for partial support of this activity from:
Amgen, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Genentech and Biogen Idec
UCB, Inc
Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
and the RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology.
