Grand Rounds

Jihad A. Mustapha, MD President & Chief Executive Officer, Director of Endovascular Interventions Advanced Cardiovascular & Vascular Centers Grand Rapids, MI Overview: Below the knee intervention options for best outcomes in critical limb ischemia. Objectives: At the conclusion of the activity a participant should be able to: Summarize best diagnostic options for suspected CLI patients...

Da-Zhi Wang, PhD Professor of Internal Medicine and of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at USF Director of the USF Heart Institute Da-Zhi Wang, PhD Prof. & Director Heart Inst., College of Medicine Internal Medicine Professor, College of...

John Elrod, PhD Director of the Cardiovascular Research Center in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Overview: We recently reported that glutaminolysis is essential for the epigenetic changes permissive to activation of the myofibroblast differentiation program and cardiac fibrosis. In fact, targeting these pathways is sufficient to reverse fibrosis in models of...

Darren K. McGuire, MD, MHSc Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center Director of the Parkland Hospital and Health System Outpatient Cardiology clinics. Overview: Review of the regulatory landscape for drugs for type 2 diabetes and how recent and ongoing cardiovascular trials have impacted clinical care for patients with type...