This continuing education program focuses on advancing the understanding and management of obesity and associated cardiovascular risks. Participants will review the latest literature, emphasizing the role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in reducing major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).

This free webinar series, sponsored by Novo Nordisk Inc., is tailored to multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation professionals, and will consist of three, 60-minute live webinar presentations addressing weight management and guideline directed care in cardiovascular disease. Each live webinar will be recorded and offered on-demand in the AACVPR Learning Center. No CEUs will be offered for this series.

This webinar will provide an overview of current practices and advancements in heart failure and heart transplantation, and how to best serve these specific patient populations to maximize health outcomes. The practical management of these patients within the cardiac rehab setting will be discussed, including assessment, exercise, nutrition, psychosocial needs, medication management, blood glucose monitoring, infection control, rejection, and long-term self-monitoring.