Heart and Vascular
Available Courses
Advanced Heart Failure and VADs in the Community
Gavin Hickey, MD, explains the epidemiology of advanced heart failure and presents patient cases. Dr. Hickey also reviews the current state of advanced heart failure in the community.
June 17, 2021
Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs): Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
In this CME, Craig Seaman discusses how to know the indications for and dosing of DOACs in venous thromboembolism, describe the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of DOACs and recognize the effects of drug interactions on DOACs, ...
November 16, 2023
Percutaneous Valve Treatment in 2023
In this CME, Jeffery A. Fowler, DO, FACC, FSCAI, discusses how to evaluate percutaneous aortic valve interventions, reviews percutaneous mitral valve interventions, and describes percutaneous tricuspid valve interventions.
November 14, 2023
Aortic Aneurysms in Pregnancy: Special Considerations
In this CME, Kathryn Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC, recalls appropriate imaging modalities to use in pregnancy, discusses the period of time that is highest risk for pregnant patients with aortopathy, and more.
October 10, 2023
Management for Acute Aortic Dissection: The Pittsburgh Paradigm
In this CME, Ibrahim Sultan, MD, FACS, FACC, discusses how to implement guideline-based management of acute aortic dissection to the loco-regional experience, identifies operative techniques of managing acute aortic dissection, and reviews ...
October 10, 2023
Cardiothoracic Surgery Update - Summer 2023
In this CME, members of our faculty discuss a range of topics including how to recognize the benefits of robotic bronchoscopy as part of the thoracic surgeon’s armamentarium, the basics of the Nuss procedure with a patient, and why patients ...
June 15, 2023
Martyrdom and Motherhood: The Intersectionality of Heart Disease in Women
In this CME, Amber Johnson, MD, discusses how cultural and racial differences can manifest as social determinants of health, interventions to ensure cardiovascular health equity, and more.
May 10, 2023
War on Shock: Updates in Pathophysiology and Management in Cardiogenic Shock
In this CME, Gavin Hickey, MD, and David Kaczorowski, MD, discuss how to identify cardiogenic shock using improved diagnostic skills so that appropriate preventive care can be implemented and more.
January 27, 2023
Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Congenital Heart Disease
In this CME presentation, Bryan H. Goldstein, MD, describes the diagnostic skills needed for identifying adults with congenital heart disease so that mortality and morbidity can be reduced in a vulnerable cardiovascular population.
December 20, 2022
Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
In this CME, Johannes Bonatti, MD, discusses the importance of closely following recommended processes and procedures for robotically assisted CABG surgeries in order to improve patient outcomes from surgical intervention and more.
December 19, 2022
Marathon, Not a Sprint: A Review of the Heart Transplant Journey
In this presentation, Mary E. Keebler, MD, describes the implementation of care processes and outcomes for heart transplant patients, as well as the impact of the 2018 heart allocation changes.
August 11, 2022
Diagnostic Testing In Coronary Artery Disease
In this CME, Marcio Sommer Bittencourt, MD, PhD, MPH, discusses the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease and the best practices, appropriate testing, and how to explain the exercise stress tests, which patients it is appropriate ...
July 21, 2022
Team Approach to Amputation Prevention (Limb Salvage)
In this presentation, Georges Al-Khoury, MD, discusses the causes of limb loss with a focus on chronic limb ischemia associated with plaque, how to identify the presentation of limb ischemia, and implementing the incorporation of a team-based ...
July 20, 2022
Mitral Valve Anatomy and Echo Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation
In this presentation, William E Katz, MD, FACC, FASE, discusses the anatomy of the mitral valve, mitral valve regurgitation pathologies, implementing mitral valve quantitation, and the use of imaging to choose and guide therapy.
July 18, 2022
Bridging the Gap: Caring for Women With Hypertension Disorders of Pregnancy Across the Lifespan
In this presentation, Malamo Countouris, MD, describes hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, as well as their link to future cardiovascular disease.
June 22, 2022
Cardio-Oncology: Screening & Surveillance
In this presentation, Matthew Harinstein, MD, MBA, FACC, discusses screening and surveillance techniques to improve long-term management of cardio-oncology patients.
June 21, 2022
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)
In this presentation, Katie Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC, and Agnes Koczo, MD, discuss the diagnosis of SCAD, and list the risk factors and clinical features associated with SCAD while managing long-term patient care.
May 5, 2022
The Revolution in the Management of Aortic Stenosis
In this presentation, Ibrahim Sultan, MD, FACS, FACC, and Dustin Kliner, MD, discuss improving patient outcomes by developing a lifetime management strategy for patients with aortic stenosis with real-world expectations.
May 4, 2022
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians
In this presentation, Krishna V. Tummalapalli, MD, discusses the unique modern characteristics, risk factors, and time constraints for percutaneous coronary intervention among individuals over 80 years old.
May 3, 2022
Do Implantable Defibrillators Still Save Lives?
In this presentation, Samir Saba, MD, discusses the process of patient selection for ICD device therapy, which involves understanding contraindications, impact of co-morbidities, and risks. He also describes the data and literature in ...
March 21, 2022
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Approaches
In this presentation, Hemal Gada, MD, MBA, explains how to improve diagnostic skills by identifying the tricuspid valve lesion classification associated with regurgitation. He also discusses how to design an appropriate approach for each ...
December 15, 2021
Robotic-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair
In this presentation, Johannes Bonatti, MD, FETCS, describes the benefits of utilizing robotic-assisted surgery when performing a mitral valve repair.
December 8, 2021
Contemporary Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Rate vs. Rhythm Control
In this CME, Sandeep K. Jain, MD, discusses contemporary management of Atrial Fibrillation: Rate vs. Rhythm Control.
October 14, 2021
