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Learn how to prevent first and recurrent cardiac events

XSeries Program in
Preventing Heart Disease
StanfordOnline

What you will learn

  • Learn how to recognize which behavioral and other risk factors are causes of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
  • Learn how to assess an individual's risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
  • Learn how metabolic factors increase the risk of coronary artery disease.
  • Learn how to recommend treatment options for individuals with metabolic factors to reduce the risk of coronary artery disease.
  • Learn how to recommend behavioral change strategies that help to reduce the risk of coronary artery disease.
Expert instruction
3 high-quality courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
3 months
2 - 3 hours per week
Discounted price: $672.30
Pre-discounted price: $747USD
For the full program experience

Courses in this program

  1. StanfordOnline's Preventing Heart Disease XSeries Program

Meet your instructor
from Stanford University (StanfordOnline)

Dr. David Maron
C. F. Rehnborg Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford University

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Discounted price: $672.30
Pre-discounted price: $747USD
3 courses in 3 months
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