Valvular Heart Disease
- Continuing Education
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Explore the latest evidence and clinical guidance in valvular heart disease through this online course covering diagnosis, imaging, and both transcatheter and surgical management of valvular heart disease. Individualize your learning pathway by focusing on those areas in which knowledge and practice gaps exist.
- Online; Self-Paced
This course is offered on demand and participants progress through the materials at their own pace.
Session Recordings will not be available for this course.
$200
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
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Overview
This will be an online course on valvular heart disease - diagnosis, imaging and management both as structural and surgical management. This course is very much needed as there is significant variation in clinical practice around the world but also rapid development of new devices and interventions in the field of structural heart disease. Massachusetts General Brigham sets the standards of excellence for good clinical practice and it is a great opportunity to host an online course with the latest evidence and clinical guidance on valvular heart disease. While there are many in person meetings, these are not well attended cause nowadays people are unable to travel that often because of the cost and also these meetings are expensive therefore colleagues from low-mid income countries are unable to attend. We decided to have this online course after multiple meetings with Dr. O'Gara and Shah and we feel it is an investment for Massachusetts General Brigham and Harvard Medical School and there will be great revenue.
Learning Objectives
- Define the key imaging modalities for each valve and pathology.
- Identify structural procedures including potential complications.
- Analyze better infective endocarditis: indications for surgical management, how to escalate imaging.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Mass General Brigham- Heart and Vascular Insititue.
Who Should Participate
Primary Care Physicians, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Specialty Physicians, Echocardiographers, Technologists, and Others
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Outline
Module 1: Welcome and Intro
Module 1: Clinical Introduction- Natural History and Symptoms
Module 1: Aortic stenosis – echocardiography (including case-based scenarios)
Module 1: Aortic regurgitation and Mixed aortic valve disease – echocardiography (including case-based scenarios)
Module 1: Preprocedural aortic valve evaluation and planning with CT
Module 1: CMR in aortic valve disease
Module 1: Transcatheter aortic valve interventions
Module 1: Choosing the Optimal Strategy for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Module 1: Repair of AR and aortopathy
Module 1: Postoperative/postprocedural complications
Module 1: Case - Based Discussion
Module 2: Clinical introduction – natural history and symptoms
Module 2: Mitral stenosis and MAC – echocardiography (including case-based scenarios)
Module 2: Mitral regurgitation – echocardiography (including case-based scenarios)
Module 2: Preprocedural mitral valve evaluation and planning with CT + CMR (MAD)
Module 2: Transcatheter mitral valve interventions
Module 2: Surgical replacement / repair
Module 2: Postoperative complications
Module 2: Case Based Discussion
Module 3: Clinical presentation – Natural History & symptoms
Module 3: Tricuspid regurgitation – echocardiography (including case-based scenarios)
Module 3: Preprocedural tricuspid valve evaluation and planning with CT
Module 3: Transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions
Module 3: CIED management in patients with TR
Module 3: Surgical replacement / repair + complications
Module 3: Postoperative complications
Module 3: Case Based Discussion
Module 4: Clinical presentation – symptoms
Module 4: What do the latest endocarditis guidelines indicate?
Module 4: Value of TTE/TEE
Module 4: Value of PET and Cardiac CT for endocarditis
Module 4: Device endocarditis
Module 4: Surgery
Module 4: Case Based Discussion
Assessment Questions
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Patrick O’Gara
MD | Course Director
Julia Grapsa
MD | Course Director
Jonathan Passeri
Course Director
Judy Hung
Course Director
Pinak Shah
Course Director
Thoralf Sundt
Course Director
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Course Fees
Registration Details
You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment.
Because online course materials can be accessed immediately, refunds are not permitted. For more information, please email: learn@hms.harvard.edu.
| Role | Course Fee |
|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $200 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $50 |
| Resident/Fellow | $50 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $50 |
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For the purpose of recertification, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 9.50 MOC in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.
This activity contributes to the CME requirement for the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM program (MOCA®), known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements. Maximum of 9.50 credits
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the Union of European Medical Specialists website.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.