CME ACCREDITATION AND DESIGNATION

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Documentation of awarded credit is provided for participants in exchange for completed activity evaluations.

OVERVIEW

TAVR in low-risk patients offers an alternative treatment option for patients with aortic stenosis. The majority of patients with aortic stenosis fall into the low-risk category. This webcast will review the evidence, including TAVR for patients with bicuspid disease, provide treatment decision making tools and detail optimal patient characteristics for low-risk TAVR as a treatment option. Expert panelists will discuss these issues using trial data, clinical experience and case examples to demonstrate the benefits of moving to TAVR as the primary treatment option for low-risk AS patients.
 

AGENDA

TAVR in Low Risk: Clinical Review of the Clinical Evidence           
Martin B. Leon

The Optimal TAVR Low-Risk Patient: Understanding Treatment Decision-Making in 2019
Daniel O’Hair

TAVR in Bicuspid Patients
Firas Zahr

Case Presentations: TAVR in Low-Risk Patients
Chad Kliger

Discussion and Q&A
Srinivas Iyengar

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this program, participants should be able to:

• Define results of recent studies on TAVR and implications for low-risk patients
• Describe approaches for decision-making and optimizing TAVR
• Identify approaches and techniques specific to TAVR in bicuspid patients

TARGET AUDIENCE

This educational activity is designed for interventional cardiologists, clinical cardiologists, and other healthcare professionals involved
in the management of patients with valvular heart disease.

ACTIVITY EVALUATION

Evaluation by questionnaire will address content, presentation effectiveness, possible bias, and future educational needs.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

It is the policy of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. Commercial support from industry does not influence educational content, faculty selection, and/or faculty presentations, and therefore, does not compromise the scientific integrity of the educational activity.

Discussion of off-label product usage is made at the sole discretion of the faculty. Off-label product discussion and usage is not endorsed by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation or the course directors of this activity.

Faculty participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation are required to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentations. Faculty in noncompliance with this policy are not permitted to participate in this activity.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE SUMMARY

KEY: (G/R) Grant Support/Research Contract (C/H/S) Consultant Fee/Honoraria/Speaker’s Bureau (E/S/O) Equity/Stock(s)/Options (R/I) Royalty/Intellectual Property Rights (S) Salary/Salary Support (O) Other Financial Benefit

Srinivas Iyengar: (C/H/S) Medtronic, Boston Scientific Corporation

Chad Kliger: (C/H/S) Siemens, Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences

Martin B. Leon: Nothing to Disclose

Daniel O’Hair: (C/H/S) Medtronic

Firas Zahr: Nothing to Disclose

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Joe Heard (Planner)
(S) Cardiovascular Research Foundation

ACTIVITY SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT

This program is sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and supported through an educational grant from Medtronic. The Cardiovascular Research Foundation ensures that its programs are educational and meet the needs of the target audience. This program was developed without influence from commercial supporters.

HOW TO RECEIVE CME CREDIT

To obtain CME credit for this activity, participants must review all CME information, view all presentations in their entirety, and complete the Activity Evaluation Form. If you have any questions, please contact Joe Heard at jheard@crf.org .