Teleconferences
AACVPR Upcoming Webcasts |
Date |
Title & Presenter |
Educational Track |
Registration |
3/29/2011 |
AACVPR Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs (4th Edition)
Presented by: Dr. Rebecca Crouch and Dr. Gerene Bauldoff |
Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Pulmonary Medicine |
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4/7/11 |
Triggers of Acute Cardiac Events
Presented by: Dr. Barry Franklin and Dr. Carl Lavie, Jr. |
Cardiac Rehabilitation & Clinical Cardiology |
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5/26/11 |
New Approaches to the Patient with Restrictive or Hypertensive Lung Disease
Presented by: Dr. Edwin Neil Schachter and Angela Binns-Lindsey |
Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Pulmonary Medicine |
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April/June 2011 |
Anti-Platelet Therapy
Presented by: Dr. Jeffrey Berger |
Cardiac Rehabilitation & Clinical Cardiology |
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August 2011 |
Fats and Cholesterol: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
Presented by: Dr. Michael Shapiro |
Nutrition & Behavior Change |
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November 2011 |
Cardiac Rehabilitation Research: 2011 Year in Review
Presented by: Dr. Murray Low |
Cardiac Rehabilitation & Clinical Cardiology |
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December 2011 |
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research: 2011 Year in Review
Presented by: Dr. Brian Carlin |
Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Pulmonary Medicine |
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Summaries
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
METABOLIC SYNDOME AND DIABETES
Summary of Webcast from AACVPR 8/17/11
Speaker: Dr. Carl Lavie, MD
- Program reviewed progression of pre-diabetes to diabetes.
- Prevalence increases with metabolic syndrome.
- Progression decreases with Metformin and intensive lifestyle changes in the presence of metabolic syndrome.
- Progression increases with the thiazide diuretics and beta blockers.
- Program reviewed insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome.
- Program reviewed NCEP ATP III Criteria for metabolic syndrome. Need three or more risk factors present.
|
Men |
Women |
| Waist Circumference |
>40 in |
>35 in |
| Triglycerides |
>150 |
>150 |
| HDL |
<40 |
<50 |
| BP |
>130/85 |
>130/85 |
| FBS |
>100 |
>100 |
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