Learning Objectives 2026

• Evaluate contemporary evidence and recent clinical trials that influence the management of structural heart disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias.

• Compare surgical, transcatheter, and medical treatment strategies for complex cardiovascular conditions including valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, and cardiogenic shock.

• Apply multidisciplinary heart team decision-making to patient cases involving aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve disease, atrial fibrillation, and coronary interventions.

• Identify emerging technologies, procedural techniques, and pharmacologic therapies that optimize outcomes in structural heart and interventional cardiology.