Hot Topics in Preventive Cardiology and Lifestyle Medicine: 
Implications for Patient Counseling and Management

Foundational factors underlying the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) include physical inactivity, poor dietary habits, and cigarette smoking, which are further modulated by social disparities, unhealthy behavior practices, and concomitant psychosocial stressors. Collectively, these lead to abnormal risk factor profiles and ultimately, acute coronary events.  This Masterclass will focus on these topics and relevant adjunctive medications, with specific reference to extreme exercise regimens,  impact of mental health on lifestyle, management of obese patients, intermittent fasting, smoking cessation, vaping, and smoking marijuana, treating cardiometabolic disorders, exercise prescription, holistic approaches to CVD risk reduction, plant-based cardioprotective diets, sleep aides, devices for tracking and motivating lifestyle change, impact of stress on CVD risk, counseling strategies to facilitate behavior change, and what we’ve learned from our studies of “Blue Zones.” 

This Masterclass compendium is offered as a 1-day pre-conference course to the ASPC 2024 Congress on CVD Prevention in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-4, 2024. 

Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology.
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ and ABIM MOC.

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CE Credit Information 

ASPC 2024 Lifestyle Masterclass

August 1, 2024

Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and

The American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC)

Target Audience

This educational activity has been designed to deliver up-to-date education to cardiologists, lipidologists, endocrinologists, internist, family practitioners, osteopaths, and other healthcare providers who manage patients at risk for cardiovascular disease.

Educational Objectives                                                   

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Review the importance of lifestyle modifications and risk factor reduction in preventing cardiovascular disease
• Summarize contemporary research-based recommendations on physical activity and structured exercise programs, and the advantages and limitations of extreme exercise regimens and high-intensity interval training
• Discuss the impact of sleep quality and duration on cardiovascular disease prevention
• Identify safe and effective strategies for weight loss, including behavioral lifestyle modifications, complementary pharmacologic interventions, and wearable devices
• Analyze various dietary strategies for preventing cardiovascular disease
• Explain the importance of identifying and addressing social determinants of health for optimizing cardiovascular outcomes
• Describe the role of cardiovascular devices and imaging on tracking and maintaining lifestyle modifications
• Discuss counseling strategies to empower patients to make lasting lifestyle changes, including readiness to change, motivational interviewing, and using downscaled goals to overcome inertia

Joint Accreditation Statement 

Physician Continuing Education

PACE designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

Faculty and Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

PACE requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to PACE policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable

Instructions for Credit
To receive CE credit, learners must follow these steps after the conclusion of the conference:

1. Visit https://paceducation.com/ASPC2024 or Scan:

2. Select the Course title “Lifestyle Masterclass” and complete the activity evaluation
3. Upon completion of all assessment questions your credit will be made available for download immediately.

If claiming ABIM MOC

1. 1. Access via the above link/QR code and select the Course title “(ABIM MOC) Lifestyle Masterclass”.
   2. Successfully complete activity post-test with a passing grade of at least 65% and evaluation
   3. Upon completion of all components your credit will be made available for download immediately