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11/30/23 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds -Unfamiliar Treatment of Familiar Problem: WatchmanTM and Convergent Procedures for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

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Credit Hours: CME 0.75

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:

  • Explain the current therapeutic options for patients with atrial fibrillation 
  • Describe the prevalence, risk factors, and epidemiology of atrial fibrillation.
  • Implement management strategies for intraprocedural complications of Watchman and Convergent procedures. 

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

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 0.75 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.

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Lane DA, Lip GY. Use of the CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc and HAS-BLED scores to aid decision making for thromboprophylaxis in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Circulation. 2012;126:860-865. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.060061
  2. Agnieszka Trzcinka, Lawrence S. Lee, Christopher Madias, Munther K. Homoud, Hassan Rastegar, Gregory S. Couper, Frederick C. Cobey.The Convergent Procedure: A Unique Multidisciplinary Hybrid Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia,Volume 35, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 631-643, ISSN 1053-0770
  3. Lee RJ. Evolution of stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Jul 8;64(1):13-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.030. PMID: 24998122.

 

Authors:
Alena Rady, D.O. — Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Director of EP and Cardiac NORA Anesthesia, Interim Co-Chief of Cardiac Division, Yale School of Medicine
No planners, 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 to disclose
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.