Carle Health System Cardiology Update 2025

+ Target Audience: cardiologists, hospitalists, emergency and primary-care clinicians

+ Information:

A fast, practice-ready update across outpatient and inpatient cardiology. Case-based sessions turn new evidence and guidelines into clear diagnostic pathways, prescribing choices, and procedural decision-making for clinic, ED, and hospital service.

What You Will Learn

• Risk assessment and prevention: hypertension, lipids, diabetes/obesity, CKD-CV risk, and lifestyle medicine

• Coronary disease: chest-pain pathways, troponin/ECG interpretation, antithrombotic strategy, chronic coronary syndrome

• Heart failure: guideline-directed medical therapy (foundational drugs, sequencing/titration), devices, and diuretic protocols

• Arrhythmias: AF/AFL rate/rhythm control, anticoagulation, syncope workup, device troubleshooting basics

• Valvular disease: echo-driven algorithms, timing of referral, TAVR/TEER considerations

• Special populations: cardio-oncology, pregnancy, HFpEF in older adults, cardio-renal-metabolic overlap

• Imaging & testing: when to order stress/coronary CT/echo/CMR; how to act on results

• Discharge planning: secondary prevention, cardiac rehab, meds reconciliation, and follow-up

Event Details

• Structure: Thematic blocks (prevention, ischemia, HF, arrhythmias, valves, imaging/special topics) designed for next-day implementation

Who Should Attend
Cardiologists, hospitalists, emergency and primary-care clinicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, nurses, and trainees seeking a concise, clinically actionable cardiology refresh.

Why Attend

• Convert guidelines into simple bedside and clinic workflows

• Improve diagnostic accuracy, prescribing, and referral timing

• Leave with protocols and patient-education tools that boost safety and outcomes

Topics

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

• Advances in Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral, Regurgitation, and Tricuspid Regurgitation Issam Moussa, MD, MBA

• Cardiac Amyloidosis Haseeb Basha, MD, FACP, FACC

• Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Uday Kanakadandi, MD

• Evan Bedford, MD, FRCP Churchill’s Cardiologist Brian Morrison, MD, FACC

• Hypertension A Panel Discussion

• Live Stream TAVR Procedure & My Second Chance

• Opening Remarks Malec Mokraoui, MD

• Quality Improvement Projects Cardiology Fellows

• Sleep Disorders and the Impact on the Cardiovascular System Victoria Famuyide, DO, FACOI, MBA