Introduction to Pediatric Cardiac Disease: Congenital Heart Disease (2.75 hrs.)

$150.00

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This course reviews the basic approach to diagnosis and treating children with congenital heart disease. Highlights of this course include clinical presentation and pathophysiology of various congenital heart diseases, such as murmurs, arrythmias, and cyanosis in the first week of life. It also covers presentation, physiology, and treatment of various cardiac defects, including cyanotic congentical cardiac defects, atrial and ventricular septal defects, and Tetralogy of Fallot.

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Faraz Alizadeh, MD Course Director

Pediatric Cardiology Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

Michael Freed headshotMichael Freed, MD Speaker

Senior Associate in Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Thomas Kulik, MD Speaker

Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Boston Children’s Hospital

 

David Bailly, DO, BS, AA – Speaker

Attending Physician, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Primary Children’s Hospital
Instructor, Pediatric Critical Care Division, University of Utah

 

Mjaye Mazwi, MD – Speaker

Attending Physician, Cardiology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor in Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

 

 

Overview

This course reviews the basic approach to diagnosis and treating children with congenital heart disease. Highlights of this course include clinical presentation and pathophysiology of various congenital heart diseases, such as murmurs, arrythmias, and cyanosis in the first week of life. It also covers presentation, physiology, and treatment of various cardiac defects, including cyanotic congentical cardiac defects, atrial and ventricular septal defects, and Tetralogy of Fallot.

 

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

  1. Explain the pathophysiology and mechanics of heart murmurs.
  2. Distinguish between neonatal murmurs that indicate a benign vs. life-threatening condition.
  3. Differentiate between neonatal murmurs caused by duct-dependent vs duct-independent lesions.
  4. Describe main types of arrhythmias in the newborn period.
  5. Identify the three main types of tachycardia in the newborn.
  6. Identify irregular heart rhythm and typical management.
  7. Discuss the etiology and expected course of bradycardia in the newborn with special attention to how the presence of structural heart disease affects management.
  8. Identify main types of cyanotic congenital heart lesions.
  9. Describe the blood circulation in each of the cyanotic heart diseases.
  10. Distinguish between the main types of cyanotic congenital heart lesions based on physical exam, ECG, and chest X-ray.
  11. Identify the most common causes of cyanosis in newborns.
  12. Describe the variety of causes of cyanosis in congenital heart disease.
  13. Explain the important factors involved in determining arterial oxygen saturation.
  14. Learn over-arching approach to managing neonates with cyanotic congenital cardiac defects.
  15. Describe the most common types of ASDs.
  16. Describe the physiology of cardiac blood flow in presence of an ASD.
  17. Identify the diagnostic work-up and initial management strategies for ASDs.
  18. Explain potential long-term complications from unrepaired ASDs.
  19. Describe the different types of VSDs.
  20. Describe the physiology of cardiac blood flow in the presence of a VSD.
  21. Discuss the diagnostic work-up and management strategies for VSDs.
  22. Identify potential long-term complications from unrepaired VSDs.
  23. Describe the anatomy and physiology of patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.
  24. Describe the spectrum of clinical presentation of patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.
  25. Discuss the diagnostic approach to patients with Tetralogy of Fallots.
  26. Summarize effective strategies for management of hypercyanotic (“tet”) spells.

    Accreditation

    In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital 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.

     

     

    Physician

    Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

    Nurse

    Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 2.75 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Disclosures

    Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

    The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients:

    Speaker Name, Degree Disclosure
    Faraz Alizadeh, MD None
    Michael Freed, MD None
    David Bailly, DO, BS,
    AA
    None
    Thomas Kulik, MD None
    Mjaye Mazwi, MD None
    Kathleen Huth, MD, MMSc None
    Sara Drumm, RN,
    CCRN
    None

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