Battle Bracket Contest — Round 2

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1) According to the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines, which of the following should be considered first in a hypertensive patient with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria?*

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor

Angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB)

Calcium channel blocker

Both A and B

2) Which of the following is the first-choice therapy for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation?*

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs)

Aspirin

Warfarin

Left atrial appendage occlusion

3) Which of the following agents is a pillar of therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)?*

Omecamtiv mecarbil

Vericiguat

Sodium-glucose transport protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors

Finerenone

4) Which of the following is true about cardiovascular outcomes trials with glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D)?

All GLP-1 receptor agonists demonstrated statistically significant reductions in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)

All trials enrolled patients with existing T2D and cardiovascular disease

All trials showed cardiovascular safety with GLP-1 receptor agonists, with some significantly reducing MACE

All trials demonstrated that GLP-1 receptor agonists were superior to SGLT-2 inhibitors

5) Which of the following cardiovascular diseases is more prevalent in patients with CKD?

Acute myocardial infarction

Heart failure

Stroke

Coronary heart disease

6) Elevated blood pressure (BP) readings at home but normal BP measurements in the clinic is referred to as:

White coat hypertension

Masked hypertension

Hypertensive urgency

Asymptomatic hypertension

7) The ethnic-specific definition of obesity in individuals of South Asian descent is:

BMI >40 kg/m2

BMI >30 kg/m2

BMI >25 kg/m2

BMI >23 kg/m2

8) According to the CMHC mission statement, the realization of a cardiometabolic medical subspecialty will replace:

Cardiovascular medicine

Endocrinology and metabolic medicine

The current cardiorenal fellowship track

The current siloed model of care

9) The Foundations of Cardiometabolic Certificate Course is:

A live two-hour webinar

A self-paced virtual course

A breakout session at CMHC Spring

An annual four-day course in Orlando

10) The upcoming 2023 Spring CMHC conference will focus on which contributing factor to cardiometabolic disease:

Insulin resistance

Inflammation

Obesity

Genetics

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Battle Bracket Contest — Round 2

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