303 - THE CANADIAN CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY SECONDARY PREVENTION PATHWAY: A NEW RESOURCE TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM POST-ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME CARE

Chair(s)

• 

  Shaun Goodman, MD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Cardiology
  University of Toronto
  University of Toronto and University of Alberta

Panelist(s)

• JC

  Jacob Crawshaw, PhD, MSc, BSc
• NI

  Noah Ivers, MD PhD CCFP FCFP

  Clinician Scientist
  Women's College Hospital and ICES
• SK

  Susan Koppers, n/a

  Patient Partner

Presenter(s)

• PB

  Palki Bhatt, MD, MSc

  Cardiology Fellow
  McMaster University
• 

  Claudia Bucci, PharmD

  Assistant Professor
  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• TG

  Thirumagal Gowrikanthan, n/a

  Undergraduate Student
  McMaster University
• GK

  Grant Koppers, n/a

  Patient Partner
• 

  JD Schwalm, MD, MSc, FRCOC

  Interventional Cardiologist
  McMaster University
  McMaster University

Trainee(s)

• PB

  Palki Bhatt, MD, MSc

  Cardiology Fellow
  McMaster University
• TG

  Thirumagal Gowrikanthan, n/a

  Undergraduate Student
  McMaster University

Moderator(s)

• PB

  Palki Bhatt, MD, MSc

  Cardiology Fellow
  McMaster University

Administrator ( Guidelines Submission Only )(s)

• CG

  Carolyn Gall Casey, BASc

  Director Guidelines and Knowledge Translation
  Canadian Cardiovascular Society
• MW

  Meredith Wright, PhD

  Senior Program Advisor
  Canadian Cardiovascular Society

Planning Committee Member(s)

• PB

  Palki Bhatt, MD, MSc

  Cardiology Fellow
  McMaster University
• 

  Claudia Bucci, PharmD

  Assistant Professor
  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• CG

  Carolyn Gall Casey, BASc

  Director Guidelines and Knowledge Translation
  Canadian Cardiovascular Society
• NI

  Noah Ivers, MD PhD CCFP FCFP

  Clinician Scientist
  Women's College Hospital and ICES
• 

  JD Schwalm, MD, MSc, FRCOC

  Interventional Cardiologist
  McMaster University
  McMaster University
• MW

  Meredith Wright, PhD

  Senior Program Advisor
  Canadian Cardiovascular Society

Workshop Description: Adults discharged from hospital following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) require secondary prevention to reduce their risk of recurrent vascular events, disability, and death. However, despite high-quality evidence about the effectiveness of secondary prevention interventions and strong guideline recommendations, large and persistent evidence-practice gaps remain between guideline-recommended practice and the preventative interventions patients receive in Canada and around the world.

To better support effective implementation of guideline recommendations, the CCS has developed a Secondary Prevention Pathway to support the patient journey from discharge to outpatient follow-up after an ACS. The pathway presents evidence-based guideline recommendations, indicates when care goals should be implemented, and suggests the most responsible clinician. The pathway and supplemental materials, including a parallel patient pathway, are specifically designed to address barriers to guideline uptake. This interactive workshop will describe the development of the CCS Secondary Prevention Pathway including the rationale, barriers to implementation, and the perspectives of people with lived experience. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the pathway through case examples at discharge, in the first month after discharge, and during longer-term follow-up. Finally, while the pathway was developed for use and implementation in Ontario, the session will conclude with a discussion of the potential for scale and spread of the pathway in regions across Canada.