Valvular Structural 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.
$200
For a full list of profession pricing see below. Course tuition for other health professionals and trainees $50.
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
- 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
- 9.50 MOC Medical Knowledge Points with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
- 9:50 MOCA 2.0 ® Part II CME with the American Board of Anesthesiology®
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Please view the Outline for a full description of the program.
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Overview
Welcome to Valvular Structural Heart Disease!
This course focuses on presenting the latest evidence and clinical guidance around the diagnosis, imaging, and management of valvular heart disease, including both transcatheter and surgical management.
Mass General Brigham, known for setting the standards of excellence for good clinical practice, has designed this online course to address needs arising from significant variations in clinical practice seen around the world as well as the rapid development of new devices and interventions in the field of valvular heart disease.
Learning Objectives
- Define the key imaging modalities for each valve and pathology.
- Identify transcatheter procedures including potential complications.
- Analyze infective endocarditis, including indications for surgical management and 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 0: 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
Thoralf Sundt
Course Director
Julia Grapsa
MD,PhD | Course Director
Judy Hung
Course Director
Pinak Shah
Course Director
Jonathan Passeri
Course Director
Ayaz Aghayev, MD
Radiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Philip Martins Allen, MD
Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jordan Patrick Bloom, MD, MPH
Director of Quality and Outcomes, Mass General Brigham and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Jacob P. Dal-Bianco, MD
Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Prakriti Gaba, MD
Interventional Cardiologist trained at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
David A. Gross MD, PhD
Interventional Cardiovascular Specialist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Sandeep S. Hedgire, MD
Diagnostic Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Tommaso Hinna Danesi, MD
Section Chief of Valve Surgery in the division of Cardiac Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital Director of Endoscopic Valvular Program
Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Director of Adult Congential Heart Disease Interventions, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Akinobo Itoh, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical and Circulatory Support, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Arminder S. Jassar, MBBS
Co-Director of the Thoracic Aortic Center
Director of Quality and Safety for Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Sheila Klassen, MD
Faculty lecturer, Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Dhaval Kolte, MD, PhD, MPH
Structural Interventional Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Raymond Y. Kwong, MD
Director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Edwin Mandieka, MD
Structural Cardiologist based in Boston
Board certified in both Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine
Theofanie Mela, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Director of Pacemaker and ICD clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Serguei Melnitchouk, MD, MPH
Cardiac Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Charles B. Nyman, MD
Anesthesiologist and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist, Mass General Brigham
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Nilay Patel, MD
Director of Structural Interventions at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Ashraf A. Sabe, MD
Associate Surgical Director of the Structural Valve Disease Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Director of Medical Student Clerkship
Associate Program Director for the residency in Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Arthur Shiyovich, MD
Cardiologist and multimodality cardiovascular imager, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Michael L. Steigner, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Yee-Ping Sun, MD
Director of General Cardiology Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director for Structural Imaging
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Thomas Tadros, MD, MPH
Cardiologist and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Mass General Brigham
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Ann E. Woolley, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Director of Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Affiliated Scientist, Broad Institute
Associate Medical Director for New England Donor Services
Weitzman Family Distinguished Scholar in Infectious Diseases,Brigham and Women’s Hospital Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Justina C. Wu, Md, PhD
Director of the Echocardiography Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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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 |
Discounted rates available by world bank income classification: low and lower middle income, contact learn@hms.harvard.edu to learn more.
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 component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.
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.
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.