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Dear Colleagues, The Emergency Medicine Cardiac Research and Education Group (EMCREG)-International was established in 1989 as an emergency medicine cardiovascular and neurovascular organization led by experts from the United States, Canada, and across the globe. We now have Steering Committee members from the US, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Now in our 28th year, we remain committed to providing you with the best educational programs and enduring material pieces possible. In addition to our usual Emergency Physician audience, we now reach out to our colleagues in Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Hospital Medicine, and Emergency Medicine with our EMCREG-International University of Cincinnati Office of CME accredited symposia and enduring materials. In this EMCREG-International Monograph, Advances in the Treatment of Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Peripheral Artery Disease, you will find a detailed discussion regarding the treatment of these 2 critically important disease entities. This is a Proceedings Monograph based on the 2017 EMCREG-International Satellite Symposium which was held on November 12, 2017, in Anaheim during the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. For cardiologists, internists, family physicians, hospitalists and emergency physicians, the current approach and evolution of treatment for stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) are particularly relevant and represent a fertile area for improving care for these patients. This Monograph is divided into 4 sections. The first section provides a description of the scientific basis for the current management of patients with stable coronary artery disease. For many patients, this approach uses antiplatelet monotherapy typically aspirin. The use of dual antiplatelet therapy and anticoagulant therapy has also been evaluated in these patients. The Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies (COMPASS) trial which was published in late August 2017, is described in detail. This study was terminated prematurely because of the substantial superiority of the aspirin plus low dose rivaroxaban arm in patients with stable CAD and PAD. In the second section of this Monograph, the diagnosis and treatment of PAD is discussed in depth. Antiplatelet monotherapy serves as the predominant treatment for PAD though several other antiplatelet agents have been used as monotherapy or dual antiplatelet therapy. Balancing the positive benefits of these various therapeutic combinations versus the risk of bleeding has made monotherapy with aspirin or clopidogrel a Class Ia recommendation by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for PAD. The recently published COMPASS trial demonstrated that dual therapy with aspirin and low dose rivaroxaban was superior to treatment with aspirin only for patients with PAD. In the third section of this Monograph, a detailed discussion of the clotting mechanism emphasizes the cell-based nature of the contemporary understanding of thrombosis. The intersection of the protein based clotting cascade with platelets, endothelial cells, and leukocytes represents a cohesive approach to understanding how antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents can prevent pathologic clot formation associated with disease processes such as chronic CAD and PAD. Finally, the clinical and economic value of appropriate anticoagulation with a Factor Xa inhibitor such as rivaroxaban help weave together a coherent approach to understanding the complex disease processes in stable CAD and PAD. It is our sincere hope that you will find this EMCREG-International Proceedings Monograph from our 2017 EMCREG-International Satellite Symposium during the 2017 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on the treatment of stable CAD and PAD useful to you in your daily practice as a cardiologist, internist, family physician, hospitalist, and emergency physician. Instructions for obtaining CME from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education are available at the conclusion of this January 2018, EMCREG-International Monograph. Thank you very much for your interest in EMCREG-International educational initiatives and we hope you visit our website (www.emcreg.org) for future educational events and publications.