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Feb
19
2019

The Women's Health Research Institute Presents- Palpitations: What They Are and What to Do

When: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Where: Prentice Women's Hospital, 3rd Floor Conference Room A, 250 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Nicole Woitowich  

Group: Center for Reproductive Science Events

Category: Academic

Description:

The Women's Health Research Institute Presents
Palpitations: What They Are and What to Do

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Tuesday, February 19
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Prentice Women's Hospital
250 E. Superior St.
3rd Floor, Conference Room A
Chicago, Illinois
Speaker

Susan Kim, MD
Director of the Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Clinic
Director of Cardiac Electrocardiography Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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To ensure a seat and a light lunch, please register.

Disclosure Statements
The speaker, Susan Kim, MD, has nothing to disclose. The course director, Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, and planning committee members, Marla Mendelson, MD, and Nicole C. Woitowich, PhD, have nothing to disclose.

FSM's CME Leadership and Staff have nothing to disclose: Clara J. Schroedl, MD, Medical Director of CME; Sheryl Corey, Manager of CME; Jennifer Banys, Senior Program Administrator; Allison McCollum, Senior Program Coordinator; and Rhea Alexis Banks, Administrative Assistant 2.

Objectives
1) Understand that palpitations are most often associated with benign findings
2) Understand that palpitations associated with severe shortness of breath, chest pain, lightheadedness or fainting should be reported urgently
3) Understand that arrhythmia associated with palpitations can be diagnosed by ECG, ambulatory cardiac monitoring, implantable loop recorder or various consumer products including a 1-lead recorder communicating to a smartphone or attached to an Apple Watch.

Accreditation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Women's Health Research Institute
womenshealth.northwestern.edu

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