Improve Your Ability to Spot M.I. on the ECG | Heavyweight: Uncontrolled Hypertension

Target Audience

Primary care physicians, family physicians, general internists, emergency medicine physicians, cardiologists, hospitalists, nurses, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, occupational therapists, advanced practice registered nurses and emergency medical technicians. 

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the contiguous leads used to diagnose the following acute myocardial infarction territories: anterior, lateral, inferior and posterior. 
  • Identify two of the most common reasons for a malpractice case in stroke patients. 
  • Discuss the role of uncontrolled hypertension in the development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
  • Identify the pathophysiology in the development of cognitive decline and dementia with uncontrolled hypertension.
  • Describe the cardiac muscle changes associated with hypertension and their long-term effects.
  • Identify prevention issues and methods to improve outcomes. 
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Lizzo, J. M., & Chowdhury, Y. S. (2020). Posterior myocardial infarction.
  • Miranda, D. F., Lobo, A. S., Walsh, B., Sandoval, Y., & Smith, S. W. (2018). New insights into the use of the 12-lead electrocardiogram for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 34(2), 132-145.
  • Lee, C. J., Lee, J. Y., Han, K., Kim, D. H., Cho, H., Kim, K. J., ... & Park, S. (2022). Blood pressure levels and risks of dementia: a nationwide study of 4.5 million people. Hypertension, 79(1), 218-229.
  • Hu, Y. H., Halstead, M. R., Bryan, R. N., Schreiner, P. J., Jacobs, D. R., Sidney, S., ... & Launer, L. J. (2022). Association of Early Adulthood 25-Year Blood Pressure Trajectories With Cerebral Lesions and Brain Structure in Midlife. JAMA network open, 5(3), e221175-e221175.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.50 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
01/01/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Part of: 
Knock Out Stroke e-Learning Series

Dawn Altman, R.N., EMT-P
Nurse and Paramedic
ECG Educator
Private Practice
Athens, Tennessee

Kendra Kent, M.S., R.N., CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CENP
Director, Neuroscience Programs
Marcus Neuroscience Institute    
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida
Boca Raton, Florida

Dawn Altman, R.N., EMT-P, faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* to disclose and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

Kendra Kent, M.S., R.N., conference director and faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* to disclose and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Khalid Hanafy, M.D., Ph.D., conference director for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.  

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.50 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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