Ibrahim Sultan, MD, and Dustin Kliner, MD, discuss improving patient outcomes by developing a lifetime management strategy for patients with aortic stenosis with real-world expectations.

Educational Objectives

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

• Describe patient outcomes by developing a lifetime management strategy for patients with aortic stenosis with real-world expectations
• Implement longterm patient outcomes increasing the percentage of patients receiving annular enlargement
• Implement management and decision making for patients with bicuspid aortic valve

Disclosures

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated

Dr. Sultan: 

• Grant/Research Support: Articure Inc.
• Consultant: Medtronic Inc.

Dr. Kliner has reported no relevant relationships with entities producing health care goods or services.

All presenters' disclosures of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients is listed above. 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.

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 designates enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the 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.

For your credit transcript, please access our website four weeks post completion at http://ccehs.upmc.com and follow the link to the Credit Transcript page.

Release Date: 5/04/2022 | Last Modified On: 4/8/2024 | Expires: 4/4/2025