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5/26/2022 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - Right Ventricle in Transplant Anesthesia Why it matters!

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: 

  • Describe right ventricular (RV) function and its implication in various transplant population
  • Define pulmonary hypertension (PH) and its role in RV dysfunction 
  • Explain pathophysiological nuances of PH in various kind of transplant patients 
  • Utilize different diagnostic tools for RV dysfunction in perioperative transplant patients
  • Manage perioperative RV dysfunction in transplant surgeries

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Sanz J, Sánchez-Quintana D, Bossone E, Bogaard HJ, Naeije R. Anatomy, Function, and Dysfunction of the Right Ventricle: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Apr 2;73(12):1463-1482. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.076. PMID: 30922478.
  2. Gérald Simonneau, David Montani, David S. Celermajer, Christopher P. Denton, Michael A. Gatzoulis, Michael Krowka, Paul G. Williams, Rogerio Souza. European Respiratory Journal 2019 53: 1801913; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01913-2018
  3. Thomas C, Glinskii V, de Jesus Perez V, Sahay S. Portopulmonary Hypertension: From Bench to Bedside. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Nov 3;7:569413. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.569413. PMID: 33224960; PMCID: PMC7670077.
  4. Dandel M, Hetzer R. Evaluation of the right ventricle by echocardiography: particularities and major challenges. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2018 Apr;16(4):259-275. doi: 10.1080/14779072.2018.1449646. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PMID: 29521112.

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:
Samhati Mondal, MBBS, MD, FASE — Assistant Professor; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.