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2016 Webcast: Obesity Management
This course will review the effects of obesity on cardiovascular disease (CVD), review data on prognosis of overweight and patients with CVD, and will discuss the potential benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Training.
Credit
AACVPR CE:1.0
Description
Presented by Carl J. Lavine, MD, JR, FACC, FACP, FCCP
This course will review the effects of obesity on cardiovascular disease (CVD), review data on prognosis of overweight and patients with CVD, and will discuss the potential benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Training.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the effects of obesity on CVD risk factors and cardiac structure and function and on increasing the prevalence of CVD;
- Understand data on the prognosis of overweight and obese patients with CVD, especially as it pertains to the majority of patients in cardiac rehabilitation programs;
- Understand data on purposeful weight loss in cardiac patients, and the potential benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Training Programs in Obesity
Viewing window: 60 days from date of purchase
CE Credits: 1.0 AACVPR