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CME / CE

Comprehensive Care of the Patient With Diabetes at High Cardiovascular Risk: Cardiology First?

  • Authors: Tina Vilsbøll, MD, DMSc; Nikolaus Marx, MD; David J. Burnett, RN
  • CME / CE Released: 10/4/2022
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 10/4/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This educational activity is intended for an international audience of non-US and non-UK cardiologists and cardiology nurses.

The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to understand the multifactorial effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists (RAs) and enhance their competence about the practical use of these glucose-lowering drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular (CV) risk or with established CVD.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Multifactorial benefits of GLP-1 RAs with proven CV risk reduction
  • Have greater competence related to
    • The practical use of long-acting GLP-1 RAs in appropriate patients with T2D in cardiology care


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Faculty

  • Tina Vilsbøll, MD, DMSc

    Professor
    Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
    University of Copenhagen
    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Disclosures

    Tina Vilsbøll, MD, DMSc, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Gilead; Lilly; Merck Sharp & Dohme; Mundipharma; Novo Nordisk; Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Gilead; Lilly; Merck Sharp & Dohme; Mundipharma; Novo Nordisk; Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Research funding from: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Novo Nordisk

  • Nikolaus Marx, MD

    Professor
    Medicine and Cardiology
    Head of the Department of Internal Medicine
    University Hospital Aachen
    Aachen, Germany

    Disclosures

    Nikolaus Marx, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Bayer; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc./Lilly; Merck Sharp & Dohme; Novo Nordisk
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Abbott; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Bayer; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc./Lilly; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Novo Nordisk; Sanofi Aventis
    Research funding from: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

  • David J. Burnett, RN

    Nurse Consultant, Cardiology
    University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
    Worthing Hopsital
    Worthing, United Kingdom

    Disclosures

    David J. Burnett, RN, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Editor

  • Grace O’Malley, BSc, PhD

    Associate Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Grace O’Malley, BSc, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.    

Compliance Reviewer/Nurse Planner

  • Lisa Simani, APRN, MS, ACNP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Lisa Simani, APRN, MS, ACNP, has no relevant financial relationships.


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CME / CE

Comprehensive Care of the Patient With Diabetes at High Cardiovascular Risk: Cardiology First?

Authors: Tina Vilsbøll, MD, DMSc; Nikolaus Marx, MD; David J. Burnett, RNFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME / CE Released: 10/4/2022

Valid for credit through: 10/4/2023, 11:59 PM EST

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