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Destination Therapy in 2012: Which patients and when?
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
1 p.m.
Presented by:
Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD
Medical Director, UPMC Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
In 1990, UPMC became the first medical center to discharge a patient on a ventricular assist device (VAD). More than two decades later, VAD implantation has given renewed life to critically ill patients with acute congestive heart failure or cardiogenic shock. Dr. Jeffrey Teuteberg will give an overview of the Artificial Heart Program at UPMC, and discuss the future of destination therapy as a permanent option for patients with heart disease.
UPMC offers this free online CME course that will enable you to have a better understanding of what a VAD does; identify the latest technologies; understand the candidate population suitable for a VAD, and understand the joint management and outcomes of these patients.
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.™
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Improve awareness of the outcomes with mechanical support as Destination Therapy
- Increase knowledge of when patients are becoming sick enough to merit an evaluation for mechanical support
- Improve patient outcomes by optimizing the timing of implant
Reading Resources:
Disclosures:
Dr. Teuteberg has financial interest with the following proprietary entity or entities producing health care goods or services as indicated below:
- CE Speakers' Bureau: Network for continuing education
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded (0.1) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to 1.0 contact hours. For your credit transcript, please access our website 4 weeks post-completion at http://ccehs.upmc.edu and follow the link to the Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last 5 digits of your SSN on the next page you will not be able to access a CME credit transcript. Providing your SSN is voluntary.
Release Date: 5/10/2011 | Last Modified On: 5/10/2011 | Expires: 5/9/2012
Dr. Teuteberg is an assistant professor of Medicine, medical director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, and a member of the Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant section where he specializes in the care of patients with advanced cardiomyopathies, cardiac transplantation, and ventricular ...