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5/22/2025 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - Anesthetic and Imaging Considerations for Cardiac Transcatheter and Structural Heart

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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:

  • Implement thoughtful anesthetic care for patients in the cardiac catheterization lab and electrophysiology lab.
  • Anticipate common complications in structural heart/transcatheter procedures.
  • Recognize basic imaging strategies being utilized intra-procedurally during transcatheter interventions.

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 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.


Suggested Additional Reading

  • Neuburger PJ, Patel PA. Anesthetic Techniques in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and the Evolving Role of the Anesthesiologist. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Dec;31(6):2175-2182. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.033. Epub 2017 Mar 27.
  • Gregory SH et al. Anesthetic Considerations for the Transcatheter Management of Mitral Valve Disease. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Mar;33(3):796-807. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.05.054. Epub 2018 Jun 6.
  • Londono I et al. Anesthesia considerations for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair and replacement. Heart Surgery Forum 2025; 28(1): E120–E133. Doi: 10.59958/hsf.8073

Authors:
Kiran Belani, MD, FASE, FACC — Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist, Director of Perioperative Echocardiography, and Anesthesiology Director of Interventional and Structural Imaging at Northwestern Medicine (Chicago, IL)
Dr. Belani is a consultant with GE Healthcare.
No other 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.