HeartBEATS from Lifelong Learning™

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death among women, and cardiovascular risk begins to accelerate during the menopause transition. Explore how vasomotor symptoms, persistent sleep disturbance, and depressive symptoms may provide clinical context for cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention. Watch now to learn practical strategies for recognizing symptoms, assessing risk, and optimizing care during this critical window of opportunity.

Rare cardiac conditions in pregnancy require early recognition and coordinated care to reduce maternal risk. In this HeartBEATS from Lifelong LearningTM vodcast, cardio-obstetrics experts discuss the diagnosis, risk assessment, and management of rare but high-risk cardiovascular conditions, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, inherited arrhythmia syndromes, cardiomyopathies, and aortopathies. Learners will gain practical insights to support multidisciplinary care and improve outcomes for pregnant and postpartum patients. Content advisory: This educational vodcast discusses rare cardiac conditions in pregnancy, including clinical scenarios in which pregnancy termination may be considered; the views expressed are those of the individual speakers for educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as positions of the American Heart Association or as medical, legal, ethical, or policy guidance. Learn more at http://professional.heart.org/maternal-health

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains foundational in the treatment of prostate cancer. However, prolonged and intensified use of ADT is associated with clinically meaningful cardiovascular (CV) toxicity. This course reviews the major classes of ADT, their mechanisms of action, and the biological pathways linking androgen suppression to CV risk, with emphasis on metabolic dysfunction, vascular injury, and thrombotic risk. Learners will gain practical insight into integrating cardiovascular considerations into prostate cancer management. Claim CE credit: https://bit.ly/4BmSo0l

Want to know how the new lipidemia guideline will impact your patients? This vodcast breaks down the biggest updates and shows you how to put them into practice. Expert faculty will clarify areas of change and demonstrate how updated guidance can be effectively implemented in everyday patient-centered Hyperlipidemia & ASCVD management. Claim CE credit: https://bit.ly/47HlhXG

This interactive learning experience is designed to strengthen shingles prevention in practice. Through expert discussion and polling questions, learners will review the burden of disease in at-risk populations, examine evidence on vaccine safety and efficacy, and explore team-based strategies to improve vaccination uptake. Participants will gain practical approaches for addressing barriers and supporting patient-centered care.

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome reflects the interconnected relationship among cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health. In this vodcast, explore how CKM syndrome staging can help primary care clinicians recognize risk, identify pre-heart failure, and intervene before symptomatic heart failure develops. Watch now to strengthen your approach to early CKM risk identification and prevention.

Metabolic disease is increasingly recognized as a complex, multisystem condition with implications across the liver, cardiovascular system, and beyond. This relevant program guides clinicians through practical strategies to identify and manage metabolic dysfunction, including MASLD/MASH, using accessible tools such as HgA1c, ASCVD risk estimation, CKD staging, and noninvasive fibrosis scores. Our skilled experts highlight newly approved pharmacotherapies and their systemic impact, supporting a more coordinatied, whole-patient approach to care.  Multiple CE credit types available.  

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading and preventable contributor to maternal death, and women with the highest-risk heart conditions can face maternal morbidity rates approaching 50%. In this vodcast, learn how to support patients with preexisting heart disease through every stage of the reproductive journey, from preconception counseling to postpartum care. This session highlights risk stratification, collaborative care planning, and evidence-based strategies to improve maternal and fetal health outcomes.   For more professional resources on maternal health, please visit professional.heart.org/maternal-health. 

Women with cardiovascular disease face unique reproductive health challenges across the lifespan, yet many report unmet counseling needs, limited care coordination, and barriers to informed decision-making. In this expert-led session, faculty explore how life course and reproductive justice frameworks can inform reproductive health counseling for patients with cardiac disease. Participants will learn strategies for discussing contraception, pregnancy planning, and reproductive goals using the PATH framework and shared decision-making principles. The program also highlights the impact of social drivers of health, multidisciplinary collaboration, and cardiac risk assessment in supporting safe, equitable, and patient-centered reproductive care.   Learn more at http://professional.heart.org/maternal-health

This video explores the evolving burden of shingle from epidemiology and clinical impact to risk factors and complications—while also looking ahead to how healthcare systems can shift toward more proactive, prevention-focused strategies to reduce its impact. Claim credit at https://bit.ly/45w36Tu