From Guidelines to Bedside: Modern ACC/AHA Strategies for Hypertension and Dyslipidemia Management

Course overview

1. Apply recommendations from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for treatment of patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia. 2. Review lifestyle modifications that are recommended for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease. 3. Summarize how future cardiovascular risk is estimated in primary prevention patients using the Pooled Cohort Equations and PREVENT calculator. 4. Apply the treatment approaches recommended in the most recent ACC-AHA hypertension and dyslipidemia guidelines. 5. Illustrate emerging pharmacotherapies for the treatment of hypertension and dyslipidemia. 6. Interpret the evidence and role in therapy of nonstatin medications in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. 7. Create treatment plans that reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.