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Forward12th Annual Master Class in Congenital Cardiac Morphology
This comprehensive two and a half-day course in congenital cardiac morphology will use didactic presentations, live video demonstrations, and hands-on examination of cardiac specimens from the Frank E. Sherman and Cora C. Lenox Heart Museum to cover a wide range of congenital cardiac malformations. There will be an emphasis on imaging and surgical correlations for each lesion. Upon completion of this class, participants will understand the usefulness and practicality of the sequential segmental analytical approach to the examination of congenitally malformed hearts, as well as be familiar with the morphology of a large variety of congenital heart defects. This year, we will focus on the cardiac valves. The program will be divided into two parts. On the first and second days, and the morning of the last day, we will systematically review the chosen topics with focus on didactic presentations, video demonstrations of cardiac specimens, and imaging correlations. On the last day, there will be an intensive hands-on workshop examining cardiac specimens.
Target Audience
This course is designed for seasoned, junior, and trainee pediatric and adult cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, pathologists; pathology assistants; cardiac morphologists; echocardiography sonographers; and other medical professionals interested in congenital heart disease.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the program, the participants should be able to:
- explain the clinical usefulness and practicality of the sequential segmental approach to the examination of congenitally malformed hearts
- describe normal cardiac morphology and how each malformation deviates from normality
- describe the morphology of the defects presented in a fashion that is descriptive and anatomically correct
- discuss the utility of advanced imaging to display cardiac morphology
- discuss the salient clinical features of each lesion as it relates to surgical and catheter-based interventional procedures.
Additional Information
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 Master Class Handbook 2019 rev 10.4.2019 APPROVED.pdf | 222.07 KB |
WEDNESDAY October 9, 2019
Noon Registration
12.30 PM Welcome and Course Introduction (Allada/Anderson 15 min)
Session 1
Morphology of the Normal Heart
12:45 PM Normal development of the heart (Anderson 15 min)
1:00 PM Normal heart Didactic Pathology presentation (Spicer 15 min)
1:15 PM Living Cardiac Anatomy (Anderson 15 min)
1:30 PM The Essence of Sequential Segmental Analysis
Didactic presentation (Anderson 15 min)
Video demonstration (Spicer 20 min)
2:05 PM Echocardiography (Tretter 25 min)
2:30 PM Virtual DISSECTION with CT imaging (Hlavacek 25 min)
Session 2
Atrial Septal Defects
3:00 PM Development of the Atrial Septum (Anderson 15 min)
3:15 PM Didactic presentation (Spicer 15 min)
3:30 PM Video demonstration (Devine 15 min)
3:45 PM Echocardiography (Tretter 20 min)
4:05 PM CT/MRI imaging (Hlavacek 15 min)
4:20 PM Lecture: “Catheter-Based Options for atrial septal defects” (Trucco 30 min)
4:50 PM Discussion (Anderson/Spicer/Trucco 10 min)
5:00 Hands on (Anderson/Spicer/Devine 20 min)
5:20 PM Adjourn
THURSDAY October 10, 2019
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Special Pediatric Grand Rounds
“Sudden Death in Young Athletes” Julie Brothers, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Medical Director, Coronary Anomalies Management Program, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
*All Master Class course attendees are welcome to attend Special Grand Rounds*
9:00 AM Registration / Optional Hospital Tour
9:45 AM Welcome to Day 2 (Allada 5 min)
Session 3
CORONARY ANOMALIES
9:50 AM Development of the Coronary arteries (Anderson 15 minutes)
10:05 AM Didactic presentation (Spicer 20 min)
10:25 PM Video demonstration (Devine 20 min)
10:45 AM Echocardiography (DeBrunner 20 min)
11:05 AM CT / MRI imaging (Hlavacek 20 min)
11:25 AM Lecture: “Controversies in Coronary Management” (Brothers 20 min)
11:45 PM Discussion (Anderson/Spicer/Brothers15 min)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch (and hands-on) (Anderson/Spicer/Devine 60 min)
Session 4
Ventricular septal defects
1:00 PM Development of the ventricular septum (Anderson 15 min)
1:15 PM Didactic presentation (Spicer 20 min)
1:35 PM Video demonstration (Anderson 20 min)
1:55 PM Echocardiography (DeBrunner 30 min)
2:25 PM CT / MRI imaging (Hlavacek 30 min)
2:55 PM Lecture: “Controversies in the DESCPRIPTION of VSDs” (Anderson 30 min)
3:25 PM Discussion (Anderson/Spicer 15 min)
3:40 PM Hands-on (Anderson/Spicer/Devine 35 min)
4:15 PM Adjourn
FRIDAY October 11, 2019
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM Welcome to Day 3 (Allada/Anderson 5 min)
Session 5
ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VEINS
8:05 AM Development of pulmonary veins (Anderson 15 minutes)
8:20 AM Didactic presentation (Spicer 20 min)
8:40 AM Video demonstration (Devine 20 min)
9:00 AM Echocardiography (Lanford 30 min)
9:30 AM CT / MRI imaging (Hlavacek 30 min)
10:00 AM Lecture: “Surgical Management of Anomalous Pulmonary veins” (Morell 30 min)
10:30 AM Discussion (Anderson/Spicer/Morell 10 min)
10:40 AM Break and hands-on (Anderson/Spicer/Devine 10 min)
Session 6
VASCULAR RINGS
10:50 AM Development of Vascular Rings (Anderson 15 min)
11:05 AM Didactic presentation (Spicer 20 min)
11:25 AM Video demonstration (Anderson 20 min)
11:45 AM Echocardiography (Lanford 20 min)
12:05 AM CT / MRI imaging (Hlavacek 20 min)
12:25 AM Discussion/Hands-on (Anderson/Spicer 5 min)
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
Session 7
“What is visceral heterotaxy & ISOMERISM?”
1:30 PM Professor Anderson’s insight (30 min)
2:00 PM Echocardiography Lanford (30 min)
2:30 PM CT / MRI imaging Hlavacek (30 min)
Session 8
Hands-On Workshop
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM All lesions presented will be available for inspection and demonstration
4:00 PM Adjourn
Faculty Listing
Hosts: Heart Institute Co-Directors – Drs. Vivek Allada, Jackie Kreutzer and Victor O. Morell and Chief, Pediatric Pathology, Dr. Miguel Reyes-Mugica
Course Directors:
Professor Robert H. Anderson, MD, FRCPath
Visiting Professor,
Institute of Genetic Medicine
Newcastle University
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
United Kingdom
Vivek Allada, MD
Executive Director, Heart Institute
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Faculty and Guest Faculty:
Christine Anderson
Video Photographer
London, England
Julie Brothers, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mark DeBrunner, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
William Devine, BS
Retired Curator of the Frank E. Sherman and Cora C. Lenox Heart Museum
Department of Pathology
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Anthony Hlavacek, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lizabeth Lanford, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Victor O. Morell, MD
Eugene S. Wiener Endowed Professor and Chair, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Vice Chair & Director of Cardiovascular Services, Dept. CT Surgery
Co-Director, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Co-Director, CHP Heart Institute
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Diane Spicer, BS, PA (ASCP)
Curator of the Lodewyk Van Mierop Archive
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Justin Tretter, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio
Sara Trucco, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Faculty Disclosure
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity including members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.
The following relevant financial relationships were disclosed:
Anthony Hlavacek, MD, MSCR
Grant/Research Support: Bracco Diagnostics
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Grant/Research Support: Medtronic; Edwards LifeSciences
Consultant: Medtronic
No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
CME Accreditation and Designation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals:
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 17.25 Attendance
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Click the link for Upcoming Events and scroll down to the “October 9, 2019 – 12th Annual Master Class in Congenital Cardiac Morphology” section on the web page. Click the registration button and enter all the requested information. After registering, an electronic confirmation will be sent to you. Online registration is complete upon receipt of a confirmation email. If you do not receive this email within 5–7 days of registration, please contact Lynda Cocco at 412-692-3216. To assure participation, registration and payment are expected by October 9th, 2019.