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Sorting Out HFpEF and Pulmonary Hypertension

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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) most commonly presents with dyspnea on exertion. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) with exercise is common even if it is not present at rest. In addition, some patients have PH out of proportion with the degree of elevation on left-sided pressures. This presents both a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. The podcast is intended to apply clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic criteria to help clinicians diagnose and treat patients with HFpEF.

Course Objectives

After completing this online course, you will be able to:

  • Interpret echocardiographic assessment in both physiologic and clinic contexts.
  • Describe both the ventricular and pulmonary vascular pathophysiology of exercise-induced PH in HFpEF.
  • Illustrate the data underpinning application of current PH therapies to patients with HFpEF, and the advantages and disadvantages of those therapies.

Supported in part by an independent educational grant from Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
Supported in part by an educational grant from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
Supported in part by an educational grant from United Therapeutics Corporation.

Item Number: 7207.57

Faculty

Steven Hollenberg, MD, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ

Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS, FCCP
The Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Catherine Simpson, MD, MHS
Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Physician Credit
The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Chest Physicians designates this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16433, for .5 contact hours.

Nurse Practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Individuals are responsible for checking with the AANPCP for further guidelines.

Physician Assistants
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. PAs may receive a maximum of .5 Category 1 credit for completing this activity.

Maintenance of Certification Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to .5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.

Upon successful completion of this course, CHEST will submit your completion data to ABIM via ACCME's Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS) for MOC points. Please allow 3-5 business days after claiming for points to be reflected on your ABIM record.

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CHEST Learning Category(s)
Learning Category 2: Self-Directed

Maintenance of Licensure
Scope of Practice – Pulmonary Education

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