2019 Fellows Courses

Peri- and Post-Procedural Pharmacotherapy for the Spectrum of Cath Lab Patients

Resource Materials: http://www.scai.org/fellows/resource-materials

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Discuss the delays in action of oral P2Y12 inhibitor therapy in stable and acute coronary syndromes, and the available adjunctive methods to ensure adequate dual-antiplatelet inhibition at the time of PCI.
  2. Analyze the factors involved in determining the choice and duration of dual-antiplatelet therapy.
  3. Describe optimal pharmacotherapy of the peripheral vascular disease patient after revascularization.
  4. Identify the patients that will benefit from PCSK9 inhibitors and low-dose rivaroxaban to reduce cardiovascular events.
Introductions of the Faculty and Available Antithrombotic and Lipid Treatments
Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA, FSCAI, Long Beach VA Health Care System, Long Beach, CA
Case Discussion: The NSTEMI Patient With Atrial Fibrillation
John C. Messenger, M.D., FSCAI, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO