Course Description

The Heart Team Summit joins Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery faculty at Washington University, St. Louis, Ascension/St. Vincent in Indianapolis, and Northwestern University. This educational initiative was developed to provide a forum for discussing and presenting laboratory and clinical research concerning the care of patients through case based coronary and structural heart intervention cases. This initiative strives to help those treating cardiology patients with the latest updates.

Registration information

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for the 7th Annual Heart Team Summit.

Brochure

2025 Brochure coming soon

Faculty

Learning Objectives 2024

  • Describe the concept of the Heart Team, including the key components and functionality.

  • List transcatheter options to address heart valve pathology including aortic, mitral, tricuspid and pulmonic stenosis and regurgitation.

  • Describe the latest interventional techniques and therapies for structural heart disease and congenital heart disease

  • Recognize patient selection and appropriate patient referral for surgical versus percutaneous/transcatheter mitral and aortic valve intervention

  • Apply various diagnostic technologies including transthoracic echocardiography, intracardiac echocardiography, TEE, CT, and CMR to guide management of valvular heart disease

  • Describe the differences in outcomes in valvular and coronary pathology as it refers to men and women

  • Describe the racial disparities encountered in cardiovascular health

  • Utilize the various hemodynamic support and interventional/surgical tools to assist in the management of cardiogenic shock

  • Identify the indications for LA appendage closure and the available and emerging technologies to manage the left atrial appendage and how it can mitigate stroke

  • Summarize the latest developments and the current guidelines on the appropriate use of surgical and percutaneous coronary revascularization

Target Audience

This continuing medical education program is designed to meet the educational needs of interventional cardiologists, general cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiology and cardiac surgery fellows, cardiac catheterization laboratory nurses, and technical staff.

Accreditation statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit designation statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of xxx AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC RECOGNITION STATEMENT

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to xxx MOC points and patient safety MOC credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

 American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

 ABS CME credits will be submitted to the boards within 3 months of the conclusion of the activity.

Past Content

Check out some discussions from previous meetings!