CE Credits for Allied Health Professionals

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Available Courses:

• Using the New ZOOM® LATITUDE® Programmer Interface for COGNIS™ CRT-D and TELIGEN™ ICD Follow-Ups
  
  
• Enhancing the Care of CRT Patients: AV Optimization with SmartDelay™

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Using the New ZOOM® LATITUDE® Programmer Interface for COGNIS™ CRT-D and TELIGEN™ ICD Follow-Ups: A Guide for AHPs

Course Overview
Allied health professionals are essential to the comprehensive care and follow-up of ICD and CRT-D device patients. As such, it is important for AHPs to understand device programmers and new technologies. This online CE course is intended to help you gain expertise with the new COGNIS and TELIGEN platform.

Take this course now. (Under Online Courses, choose CE/CME. )

Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe how the new battery time gauge works with COGNIS and TELIGEN devices.
• Illustrate how ATP before charge preferentially treats ventricular tachycardia with painless therapy
• List the steps for AV programming, and identify options to help promote intrinsic conduction while maintaining AV synchrony.
• Explain how parameter interaction programming can be resolved with the Fix Others feature.
• Describe the function and purpose of Electronic Repositioning™ at implant and follow-up.
• List the key vital signs and other trends available via the device-based diagnostics to help monitor patient status.

Intended Audience
Allied health professionals involved in the care of patients with ICD or CRT-D devices

Instructions for Use: Boston Scientific CRT-D Systems and Boston Scientific ICD Systems

C8-567

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Enhancing the Care of CRT Patients: AV Optimization with SmartDelay™

Course Overview
This online CE credit course is designed to provide clinicians with a review of noninvasive AV optimization methods commonly used, and an in-depth look at one invasive method, LV dP/dt max . The course also includes specific information on SmartDelay™ optimization from Boston Scientific, including associated data, its use, and its algorithm.

Take this course now. (Under Online Courses, choose CE/CME. )

Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Review several AV optimization methods currently used in CRT patients
• Understand the scientific foundation and the significance of dP/dt max in the development of the SmartDelay algorithm
• List the three components of the SmartDelay algorithm
• Review the importance of tailoring AV sensed and paced delays
• Run SmartDelay optimization on the Boston Scientific programmer

Intended Audience
Allied health professionals involved in the care of patients with CRT devices

Instructions for Use: Boston Scientific CRT-D Systems

C3-492

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