“When I draw the interprofessional team for the management of cardio-oncology patients, I always place nurses in the center of it, besides the patient, because nurses are the eyes and ears of interprofessional care 24 hours a day,” ONS member Anecita Fadol, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FHKAN, associate professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a conversation about getting to “the heart of the matter” of symptom management for the cardiovascular complications of cancer therapies. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode and completing the evaluation linked below. This episode is part of a series about cancer symptom management basics. We’ll add a link to future episodes in the episode notes after the next episode airs. Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Earn 1 contact hour of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by January 27, 2025. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Learning outcome: The learner will report an increase in knowledge related to cardiovascular complications associated with today’s cancer treatments. Episode Notes Complete this evaluation for free NCPD. Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 193: How Social Determinants of Health Affect Cardio-Oncology Survivorship ONS Voice articles: Nursing Considerations for ICI-Related Myocarditis Advanced Practice Nurses Are at the Heart of Patient Care in Cardio-Oncology Cardio-Oncology Program Monitors Heart Toxicities Throughout Survivorship Further Research Can Help Nurses Balance Cardiovascular Conditions With Cancer Treatments Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing articles: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Myocarditis: Recognition, Surveillance, and Management Cardio-Oncology: A Continually Evolving Subspecialty in Oncology Nursing Cardio-Oncology Health Disparities: Social Determinants of Health and Care for Black Breast Cancer Survivors Oncology Nursing Forum article: Mitigating Cardiovascular Dysfunction Across the Cancer Continuum ONS book: Cancer Basics (Third Edition) ONS course: Cancer Basics Learn more about the 48th Annual ONS Congress®. Journal of the American Heart Association article: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis: Pathophysiological Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Treatment Circulation articles: Clinical Features, Management, and Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Cardiotoxicity Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Associated Myositis Cardio-Oncology: Vascular and Metabolic Perspectives: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association New England Journal of Medicine article: Fulminant Myocarditis With Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade Lancet Oncology article: Cardiovascular Toxicities Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: An Observational, Retrospective, Pharmacovigilance Study Journal of the American College of Cardiology article: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Cancer Survivors: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study American College of Cardiology Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient Heart Failure Society of America 2022 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure International Cardio-Oncology Society European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on Cardio-Oncology Joint National Committee Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Adults Attend the Cardio-Oncology