Journal of Innovation in Cardiac Rhythm Management
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Introduction

This educational webcast reviews practice guidelines, outcomes data, and presents the perspectives of the multidisciplinary faculty surrounding optimal strategies to manage concomitant surgical Afib patients. The lectures are complemented with panel discussions that explore rationale, best practices as well as roles and responsibilities for developing and implementing a successful multidisciplinary collaborative team approach.

 

Agenda

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Agenda

   

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Multidisciplinary Collaborative Team Approach for Concomitant Surgical Afib Patients
Patrick McCarthy, MD, FACC

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The Heart Team Approach to Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: What Do the Guidelines Tell Us?
Hugh Calkins, MD

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Atrial Fibrillation from an Interventionalist Perspective: TAVR, SAVR, PCI
Charles Davidson, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

Educational grant support provided by:
AtriCure

Joint Providership
MediaSphere Medical, LLC and Ciné-Med

 

Faculty

Faculty
AtriCure Hugh Calkins MD

Hugh Calkins, MD
Catherine Ellen Poindexter Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Director of Electrophysiology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD
AtriCure Charles Davidson MD

Charles Davidson, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine
Clinical Chief, Division of Cardiology   
Medical Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
AtriCure Patrick McCarthy MD

Patrick McCarthy, MD, FACC
Executive Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Vice President, Northwestern Medical Group
Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery
Chicago, IL

 

CME Accreditation

Released: 12/1/2023; Valid for credit through 12/1/2024

CME Certificate Fulfillment

To successfully earn your credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period that is noted above. To receive 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for Physicians or 1 Contact Hour for Nurses, you must receive a minimum score of 70% on the post-test, accessible at Claim Credit page. Certificates are emailed upon successful completion.

Target Audience
This activity has been developed to meet the educational needs Interventional Cardiologists, General Cardiologists, Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Electrophysiologist, Physicians Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Administrators, and other associated healthcare professions dedicated to the management of Afib
patients.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:

  • Evaluate long-term outcomes for treated AF in concomitant CABG.
  • Examine current guidelines that support concomitant AF ablation procedures in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 
  • Review the incidence and impact of new onset AF after SAVR and TAVR.

Activity Goal
This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies:
Patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interprofessional collaboration, and roles and responsibilities.

Accreditation Statement
Jointly Accredited Provider TMTo support the improvement of patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med. Ciné-Med 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 health-care team.

Ciné-Med designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 Credit(s)™ for Physicians. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Ciné-Med designates this activity for 1 Contact Hours for Nurses.

Disclosure Policy
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All MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med employees in control of content have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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Non-Endorsement Statement
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med verify that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.

Educational grant support provided by:
AtriCure

Joint Providership:
MediaSphere Medical, LLC and Ciné-Med

 

Claim Credit

CME/CE Test
  1. Multidisciplinary Collaborative Team Approach for Concomitant Surgical Afib Patients:
    Rationale, Development, Implementation
  2. Please enter your information, and complete the following CME post test and evaluation form. Upon successful completion, your submission will be reviewed and you will receive notification shortly regarding the status of your certificate. You must achieve a minimum score of 75% to earn credit for this activity.

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  13. 1) Current guidelines strongly support concomitant AF ablation procedures in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, and they also support stand alone or hybrid surgical AF ablation for patients who have failed catheter ablation or are poor candidates for a catheter ablation approach.
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  15. 2) When assessing the addition of AF ablation to the AVR, which statement is accurate?
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  17. 3) Postoperative AF occurs in 25% to 50% of patients after SAVR, and SAVR has a 3-to-4-fold increase risk of NOAF compared to TAVR.
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  20. Background

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  21. I would consider my level of expertise in the subject matter prior to the webcast as:
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  25. Evaluate long-term outcomes for treated AF in concomitant CABG.
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  26. Examine current guidelines that support concomitant AF ablation procedures in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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  27. Review the incidence and impact of new onset AF after SAVR and TAVR.
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