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you know everything you need to know to appropriately treat
patients with valvular heart disease?
Focus on Valvular Heart Disease is an online educational
activity whose overall goal is to improve the care of patients
with valvular heart disease by increasing learner competency
in three key areas:
- Assessing the severity of valvular heart disease and the
effect of valve lesions on ventricular function and patient
outcome;
- Understanding the timing of interventions for valve lesions
based on patient symptoms, severity of valve lesion, and
other hemodynamic effects of valve lesions (e.g. pulmonary
hypertension, atrial fibrillation)
- Understanding the potential role for medications to reduce
progression or complications of valve lesions.
This product offers information in a variety of formats,
so whether you like to learn by reading, answering questions,
or listening to lectures, Focus on Valvular Heart Disease
has content to meet your needs.
Editor: Andrew Wang, MD, FACC
Highlights of this product include:
- A syllabus text providing a core curriculum on the topic
- High-quality images, all easily downloadable into PowerPoint
- Lectures from ACC.09 and i2 Summit 2009
- ABIM-type self-assessment questions
- ACC/AHA Guidelines
- Convenient online format
Learner Objectives
Upon completion of this program, purchasers should be able
to:
- Discuss the issues related to mechanical vs. bioprosthetic
selection with patients, including risks, benefits, advantages,
and disadvantages.
- Quantitate valvular heart disease using current echo
techniques.
- Refer selected asymptomatic patients with severe MR for
mitral valve repair.
- Discuss and apply current guideline recommendations for
antithrombotic management.
- Tailor vasodilator therapy to blood pressure in patients
with AR.
- Consider aortic aneurysm replacement at the time of bicuspid
aortic valve surgery for patients with an aortic diameter
greater than 4.5 cm.
- Consider AF ablation in all patients undergoing valve
surgery who have a history of atrial fibrillation.
- Discuss and apply the AHA/ACC recommendations for endocarditis
prevention.
Target Audience
This program is intended for cardiovascular specialists and
other medical professionals involved in the evaluation, diagnosis
and management of patients with valvular heart disease.
Format
This product is available in a convenient online format.
Accreditation Statement
The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ACCF designates this educational activity for a maximum of
25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians
should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Although offering the CME credit noted above, Focus on Valvular
Heart Disease does not provide extensive training or offer
certification in the field of cardiology.
Date of Release
August 2009
Term of Approval / Date of CME Expiration
August 2011
60-Day Risk-Free Return Policy
ACC guarantees its educational products. If you are unsatisfied
with your product within 60 days of purchase, please contact
our Resource Center at 800-253-4636, x5603 to arrange for
a refund. Please note that if you have already claimed CME,
CE, and/or MOC credit for the product, you will not be eligible
for a refund.
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