LEARNING OBJECTIVES:           

  • Identify novel therapeutic interventions in cardiovascular diseases and how they could serve in their managements.
  • Define the relationship between knowledge in cardiovascular diseases and their application in real practice settings.
  • Differentiate pathophysiology vs. therapeutic interventions of cardiovascular diseases and how they contribute to the management of the disease.
  • Describe how new clinical trials regulate and modify the pharmacotherapeutic management of cardiovascular diseases.
  • Describe how critical pathways modulate cardiovascular diseases management.
  • Identify mechanisms by which clinical pharmacists could signal and participate in cardiovascular diseases pharmacotherapy.
  • Identify mechanisms and interventions by which pharmacists could be able to establish specialized cardiology clinics and take a lead in cardiovascular disease management.
  • Highlight the new trends in hypertension management and its cardiovascular applications.
  • Highlights the new trials in dyslipidmia management and its clinical implications.
  • Understand how specific the critical management of cardiac patient in intensive care settings is.
  • Describe the applications of ECG knowledge by pharmacists in clinical settings. 
  • Acquire an understanding of the rationale behind the choice of specific therapeutic interventions currently being employed in practice and in ongoing clinical trials and the preliminary results of those trials.