Cardiology Essentials

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Cant' Miss Cardiology

Understanding which cases require emergent intervention or need urgent referrals can reduce medical errors and improve patient outcomes. Learn from top experts at Johns Hopkins and confidently diagnose and treat common chest pains and heart disorders.
Learn at Your Own Pace

This CME course combines video podcasts and audio/video slide recordings. We understand that education takes time - so complete the course at your own pace and refer back to our material for review anytime. Each of the 5 courses in this bundle lasts about 45 minutes to 1 hour in length for a total of 5 CME hours
Pre/Post Test & CME certificate

Answer the pre/post test along with the evaluation form after completion of the course to generate your CME certificate.

Cardiology Essentials: Approach to the ECG

Instructor: Dr. Daniel Ambinder (Johns Hopkins) and Dr. Carine Hamo (Johns Hopkins)

Learn to identify common and life threatening arrhythmias, SVT and Bundle branch blocks, findings for various disease processes such electrolyte abnormalities like hyper/hypokalemia. Review ECG basics such as ECG physiology, axis, voltage and anatomy and learn about various types of ECG presentations in a myocardial infarction depending on the location of the heart affected.

Cardiology Essentials: Tachycardia

Instructors: Dr. Daniel Ambinder (Johns Hopkins) and Dr. Colin Blumenthal (Johns Hopkins)

Palpitations are common reasons for visits to the urgent care. Causes for tachycardia and palpitation can range from benign to serious. Learn to systemically interpret EKGs, learn the approach to narrow complex tachyarrhythmias and learn the diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers in a patient with narrow complex tachyarrhythmias.

Cardiology Essentials: Bradycardia

Instructors: Dr. Daniel Ambinder (Johns Hopkins) and Dr. Colin Blumenthal (Johns Hopkins)

The differential diagnosis in patients with bradycardia are numerous. Clinicians who are in an outpatient setting may not have the opportunity to read EKGs regularly in their practice. Learn to systemically interpret EKGs, understand common causes of bradycardia, learn the common nodal diseases seen in bradycardia and understand the first line treatments.

Cardiology Essentials: Can’t Miss Chest Pain Part 1

Instructors: Dr. Daniel Ambinder, Dr. Carine Hamo, Dr. Amit Goyal (Cardiology-Johns Hopkins/Cleveland Clinic)

Learn how to evaluate and manage patients presenting with various chest pain symptoms. What are the initial steps to take? What symptoms are suggestive of ischemic vs non-ischemic etiology? Enjoy this engaging presentation from this cardiology trio of friends (aka CardioNerds) as they go over various case presentations.

Cardiology Essentials: Can’t Miss Chest Pain Part 2

Instructors: Dr. Daniel Ambinder, Dr. Carine Hamo, Dr. Amit Goyal (Cardiology-Johns Hopkins/Cleveland Clinic)

In part 2 of the chest pain series, the CardioNerds trio go over multiple chest pain cases and associated EKG changes found in classic STEMI and atypical STEMI equivalents.

Daniel Ambinder

Interventional Cardiology at Johns Hopkins

Dr. Daniel Ambinder (@Dr_DanMD) is an interventional cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency at the Osler Program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital cardiology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a co-founder of Cardionerds, a Cardiology Podcast and is passionate about medical education within many domains and platforms.

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Oakstone Publishing and Master Clinicians, LLC. Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.