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Currents in Myocarditis: A Fresh Look at Causes, Classification and Care Video

Currents in Myocarditis: A Fresh Look at Causes, Classification and Care

COVID-19 infections and vaccines, as well as certain cancer treatments, can play roles in myocarditis – whose incidence has increased about tenfold in recent years.
Everyday Heart Disease Prevention: An Update on Risk Assessment and Clinical Strategies Video

Everyday Heart Disease Prevention: An Update on Risk Assessment and Clinical Strategies

With heart disease deaths on the upswing since 2010, primary care providers must routinely develop individualized plans to protect their patients from atherosclerosis.
A Fresh Look at Lipids: Atherosclerosis Prevention in 2023 Video

A Fresh Look at Lipids: Atherosclerosis Prevention in 2023

Cardiologist Clifton Watt, MD, presents an update on lipoproteins, including how genetic factors can impact test results and whether pre-measurement fasting actually matters.
Don’t Miss a Beat on A-fib: How to Make the Right Plans for Individual Patients Video

Don’t Miss a Beat on A-fib: How to Make the Right Plans for Individual Patients

This practical, data-fueled talk from Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, MS, FACC, chief of the UCSF Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service, will help PCPs better understand how to assess stroke risk; make treatment decisions...
Learning and Lowering Cardiovascular Risk: Effective, Efficient Strategies Video

Learning and Lowering Cardiovascular Risk: Effective, Efficient Strategies

This data-driven presentation from cardiologist Eveline Stock, MD, will give you a better grasp on how to identify an at-risk patient.
Common Vascular Conditions: Simple Screening Rules and Better Treatment Tactics Video

Common Vascular Conditions: Simple Screening Rules and Better Treatment Tactics

Vascular surgeon Shant Vartanian, MD, presents an update on understanding and managing abdominal aortic aneurysms and peripheral artery disease – prevalent age-linked disorders with significant morbidity and mortality.
Keep Diabetic Patients on Their Feet: Keys to Identifying Limb-Threatening Issues Video

Keep Diabetic Patients on Their Feet: Keys to Identifying Limb-Threatening Issues

In a country where more than 9% of adults have diabetes, Alexander Reyzelman, DPM, discusses the implications for those who also have peripheral vascular disease.
Getting to the Heart of COVID: Do Infections or Vaccines Cause Cardiac Harm? Video

Getting to the Heart of COVID: Do Infections or Vaccines Cause Cardiac Harm?

Cardiologist Clifton Watt, MD, offers new insights on the pathogenesis of heart problems resulting from COVID; breaks down the evidence on whether novel treatments – neutralizing antibodies and antivirals – have therapeutic or preventive value; then presents a risk-benefit analysis for the available vaccines, incorporating new data.
What’s Hidden in the Female Heart: Keys to Identifying Women at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Video

What’s Hidden in the Female Heart: Keys to Identifying Women at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiologist Jie Yang, MD, breaks down the evidence by age group and offers actionable steps for helping patients lower their risk.
Reshaping Care for Heart Failure: The Promise of New Drugs and Devices Video

Reshaping Care for Heart Failure: The Promise of New Drugs and Devices

Heart failure is increasingly prevalent and continues to have a high mortality rate, yet the future isn’t bleak. Cardiologist Liviu Klein, MD, MS, director of the UCSF Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, presents cutting-edge therapeutic options, including drugs, surgical implants and advanced monitoring systems.
COVID-19 Consequences: Is the Ticker a Ticking Time Bomb? Video

COVID-19 Consequences: Is the Ticker a Ticking Time Bomb?

Cardiologist Clifton Watt, MD, explores what’s now known about the SARS-CoV-2 variants as well as COVID-related multisystem inflammatory disorders, explains COVID’s potential for residual effects on the heart, and offers help with identifying COVID “long haulers.” Bonus: update on outpatient therapeutics.
Comorbidities and COVID: Care for Patients With Heart Disease and Other Conditions Video

Comorbidities and COVID: Care for Patients With Heart Disease and Other Conditions

Breaking down the latest stats, cardiologist Clifton Watt, MD, sheds light on which chronic conditions raise the risk of serious consequences from COVID-19 infection.
Keep Them on Their Feet: Vigilant Diabetic Care Saves Limbs Video

Keep Them on Their Feet: Vigilant Diabetic Care Saves Limbs

In response to rising rates of diabetes and related amputations, the co-directors of UCSF’s Center for Limb Preservation – which has a limb salvage rate of 92 percent – present a quick guide to detecting amputation risk. They include COVID-specific advice to prevent delays in diagnosis and referral.
A Common Threat to Life and Limb: Detect and Manage Peripheral Artery Disease Video

A Common Threat to Life and Limb: Detect and Manage Peripheral Artery Disease

Michael S. Conte, MD, UCSF’s chief of vascular surgery, discusses the growing problem of PAD, subtleties of PAD signs, useful testing techniques, which patients to treat, therapeutic options, and how to educate your patients – especially diabetics – to safeguard their health.
Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Caring for a Common and Disabling Condition Video

Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Caring for a Common and Disabling Condition

Proper classification and appropriate treatment of CVI will relieve pain and improve quality of life. Interventional radiologist Alexander Lam, MD, presents current guidelines and therapeutic options.
Introduction to Strain Imaging Echocardiography Video

Introduction to Strain Imaging Echocardiography

Clifton Watt, MD, explains that echocardiography is one of the most common noninvasive tools used in cardiology to date, while strain imaging is a supplementary way to assess myocardial function.
Using VADs in Advanced Heart Failure: Caring for a Growing Population Video

Using VADs in Advanced Heart Failure: Caring for a Growing Population

With heart failure’s prevalence and poor prognosis, it’s important to understand the difference VADs can make. Cardiologist Dr. Liviu Klein discusses the latest devices, implantation techniques and monitoring methods, as well as outcomes and best candidates.
Optimize Spinal Surgery Outcomes Through Teamwork Video

Optimize Spinal Surgery Outcomes Through Teamwork

Vascular surgeon Dr. Charles Eichler discusses UCSF’s success with including vascular surgeons in lumbar fusion procedures and finding the least invasive approach for each patient.
UCSF 2019 Heart & Vascular Symposium Symposium

UCSF 2019 Heart & Vascular Symposium

Excellence in heart and vascular services
Limb Preservation for Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Video

Limb Preservation for Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Michael S. Conte, MD, provides an overview of the various noncardiac and extracranial blood vessel conditions treated by the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery.
Minimally-Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Video

Minimally-Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

Tobias Deuse, MD, discusses the advantages of minimally invasive approaches for the treatment of mitral valve insufficiency.
Redefining Sudden Cardiac Death Video

Redefining Sudden Cardiac Death

Zian H. Tseng, MD, discusses the conclusions of the UCSF Prospective Countywide Surveillance and Autopsy Characterization of Sudden Cardiac Death (POST SCD) Study.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mostly Benign, Sometimes Lethal Video

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mostly Benign, Sometimes Lethal

Theodore Abraham, MD, discusses hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common inherited heart disease that is usually benign, but can be fatal in up to 10 percent of cases.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What's All the HYPE? Video

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What's All the HYPE?

Theodore Abraham, MD, discusses hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) a genetic heart disease in which the myocardium becomes abnormally thick.

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