This program will explore diagnostic and management issues through challenging patient cases. CCRN’s Stump the Experts format will focus on challenging noted lipid experts with difficult lipid cases to highlight key changes in the lipid guidelines.

Program learning objectives:

• Apply appropriate management strategies for secondary prevention in patients with multiple risk factors.
• Identify cardiovascular risk reduction therapies and apply guideline-centric strategies to optimize lipid risk.
• Identify and manage patients with statin intolerance.
• Examine the role of Lp(a) as a cardiovascular risk marker and practice implications.

This program is NOT accredited.

Mainpro+ participants may earn certified credits by completing a Linking Learning Exercise.

Specialist participants may claim Section 2 credits (up to 2 credits per hour) following completion of a personal learning project (PLP) under Section 2: Self-Learning Activities within the MAINPORT ePortfolio.

This program was developed by the Canadian Collaborative Research Network and received an unrestricted educational grant from HLS Therapeutics with in-kind support from Pfizer, and Novartis. 

This program was developed by the Canadian Collaborative Research Network, a not-for-profit physician organization.  A PDF copy of the slides from this program is available for CCRN members from the CCRN website at www.ccrnmd.com/resources