Expert clinician-educators present a focused update of the diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic approaches to the patient at risk for, or with known, cardiovascular disease. Topics will focus on the cardiovascular disease issues which internists most frequently encounter and will provide “Key Points” to update the audience and foster patient care. Subjects covered include identification and management of acute and chronic coronary artery disease, management of the patient with cancer and heart disease, optimal treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, update in the treatment of hypertension, risk assessment and risk reduction for the patient with cardiac disease who undergoes noncardiac surgery, approach to the patient with valvular heart disease, indications for and interpretation of advanced cardiac imaging modalities, atrial fibrillation update, approach to the treatment of the patient with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus, and electrocardiogram case review.