CME Courses and Other Events

Course Overview:

This Comprehensive Mass General Brigham Heart Failure & Shock symposium will provide practical insights for all clinicians who manage patients with heart failure (HF) and cardiogenic shock. This offering is a 2-part course, of which participants can choose to partake in one or both parts. The first half of the course will be an in-depth review of cardiogenic shock while the second half of the course focuses on HF guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) and beyond - the latest HF innovations with an emphasis on device- and technology-based therapies.

Massachusetts General Hospital Faculty and guest speakers who are leaders in the field will address state-of-the-art issues including: up-to-date knowledge of cardiogenic shock pathophysiology, shock phenotypes and trajectories; best practices in shock diagnosis and management; the roles of temporary mechanical circulatory support in shock treatment; emerging heart failure therapies; nuts and bolts of day to day HF management by our APPs on how to administer outpatient diuretics, manage IV iron; establish best practices for lifestyle changes; the use of exercise-hemodynamic assessments to characterize heart failure phenotypes; and contemporary heart failure and shock clinical trials that will determine the future of patient care.

In addition, the symposium will debate best practices for cardiovascular team-based care in the management of advanced coronary artery disease and percutaneous valve interventions. Particular attention will be paid to arrhythmia management in HF with an emphasis on ablation in atrial fibrillation for HF with preserved and reduced ejection fraction, how to treat ventricular tachycardia, cardiac resynchronization therapy alternatives, and options for non-cardiac resynchronization therapy candidates. The assessment of right heart failure from the characterization of disease progression to management approaches, including the selection of candidates for temporary mechanical support will be discussed. The 2024 updates on left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and state of cardiac transplantation will be provided. The need for improving the disparities in HF treatment and management will be underscored. The symposium will illustrate the Mass General Hospital Heart Failure Division’s comprehensive approach to the management of heart failure and cardiogenic shock for all cardiovascular clinicians.

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Update in Clinical Cardiology will be held on October 16 – 18, 2024. You have the option to attend either online as the course is live streamed or in person in Boston, MA. All sessions will be recorded and made available to all participants to view online, at your convenience, for 60 days following the course.

Course Overview:

Update in Clinical Cardiology provides comprehensive updates for state-of-the-art care and guidance to incorporate them into daily practice to optimize patient outcomes.

2024 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Management of obesity and diabetes for improved cardiovascular health outcomes
• Use of GLP-1 agonists and SGLT2-inhibitors
• Thoracic aortic disease Guideline Writing Committee chair, Dr. Eric M. Isselbacher, presents and answers your questions about the new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment
• New clinical trials: data findings, updates, and implications for daily practice
• Novel transcatheter and structural treatment options: important updates for the management of valvular disease
• Optimized approaches to heart failure and cardiomyopathies, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis
• Advances in electrical devices and mechanical support
• Complex coronary artery disease management in the cath lab with novel diagnostic and revascularization techniques
• Artificial intelligence (AI) and cardiovascular medicine

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Course Overview:

There is an emerging need for lead extractions given the increasing number of patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) implants. This has resulted in an increased need to train physicians on how to perform lead extraction procedures safely.

The Lead Management Symposium focuses on providing physician education on lead extraction through didactics, hands-on experience, and case presentations. This will be the first in-person conference taking place in the Northeastern U.S. while offering the option for live stream attendance for those unable to attend in person. The target audience includes cardiologists performing lead extractions, EP fellows-in-training, and health care professionals taking care of patients with CIEDs.

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This course provides interactive didactic lectures and video demonstration of management approaches in the multidisciplinary care of patients with acute heart and lung failure. While there are other CME courses offered at regional academic centers, no center offers an integrated course on heart and lung support.

Our short-term MCS course brings together a uniquely multidisciplinary panel of speakers, not only including cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and pulmonologists, but also respiratory therapists, nurses, and palliative care physicians. The course faculty reflects the complexity of care for patients with acute heart and lung failure and illustrates how a team of diverse providers work together to address challenges to improve quality of care.

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This course is desgined to educate practicing clinicians about current topics at the forefront of cardiac intensive care--such as ECMO and mechanical circulatory support-- and provide clinicians with a robust evidence base of medical knowledge to be able to provide comprehensive guideline-based and best-practice in care to modern cardiac intensive care patients. Learn more >

This course has been designed as an intensive and practical review of structural and valvular heart disease, involving didactic lectures, panel discussions, and case presentations that emphasize newer concepts of diagnosis, decision-making, and therapies. Learn more >