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