We hope you will join us for Lakeland Regional Health’s 2017 Cardiovascular Symposium. We believe that you will find this opportunity to learn from leaders in our profession both educational and inspiring. Speakers from University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, University of Pittsburgh, and University of South Florida as well as local faculty will be presenting state-of-the-art topics in cardiovascular disease.

Lakeland Regional Health is committed to delivering nationally recognized healthcare, strengthening our community and advancing the future of healthcare. The experienced physicians of our Heart Center place patients at the heart of all they do. We are Polk County’s pioneer in expert cardiac care and have been for more than three decades.

Upon completion of our Symposium, participants should be able to:

• Understand the latest research in managing patients with artificial hearts and/or ventricular assist devices.
• Describe the long-term impact of cardiovascular care on function in the elderly.
• Identify outpatients with pulmonary hypertension.
• Recognize and describe the pros and cons of rate versus rhythm control for atrial brillation.
• Identify and describe interventional cardiology technologies that are currently available to treat structural heart disease.
• Describe the latest methods for outpatient management and diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease.
• Describe the current inpatient and outpatient congestive heart failure care continuum.
• Understand survival rates and long-term complications of adults with congenital heart disease.

  We look forward to seeing you in February. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 863.687.1190.