Meds After Acute Coronary Syndrome

Listen in as our expert panel discusses the latest recommendations for managing medications after heart attacks and other cardiac events. You’ll hear our panelists review which antiplatelets to use, the optimal blood pressure meds, and the role of statin and non-statin cholesterol meds.

Special guests:

• Danielle Blais, PharmD, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS
  • Cardiology Lead Specialty Practice Pharmacist
  • Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital
  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
• Joel C. Marrs, PharmD, MPH., BCACP, BCCP, BCPS, FAHA, FASHP, FCCP, FNLA
  • Professor and Coordinator of Clinical Outreach
  • The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Translational Science

You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD
  • Associate Director, Honor Health Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine
  • The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in July 2025.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources mentioned are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease
• Comparison of Oral Beta-Blockers
• Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
• Cholesterol Guidelines (United States)

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