Perspectives in Clinical Cardiology, Professional Development
Speaker: Sarah Ramer
Co-Moderators: David Bewick and Allan Klein
Learning Objectives:
- To understand the management of acute pericarditis and recommendations re: NSAID, colchicine, when to start steroids, activity levels, biomarkers, echo, and role of advanced imaging;
- To review recurrent, incessant, and resistant pericarditis: role of advanced imaging, management strategies and significance of IL-1 in the pathophysiology; and
- To discuss pericarditis complicated by restrictive physiology-investigations & management.