SMFM's 41st Annual Pregnancy Meeting

Working together for the global advancement of safe and healthy pregnancies

January 25 - 30, 2021

Cardio Obstetrics: A Primer for MFMs

Jan. 25, 2021 11am - 8pm

Course Directors:
Afshan Hameed, MD
Diana Wolfe, MD, MPH

Course Faculty:
Joan Briller, MD
Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD
Uri Elkayam, MD
Cornelia Graves, MD
Lisa Hollier, MD, MPH
Chisom Iwueke, MD
Christina Johnson, MD
Anne Mardy, MD
Ponnila Marinescu, MD
Katherine Miller, MD
Kathleen Minor, MD
Anna Natenzon, MD
Lynsa Nguyen, MD
Amelie Pham, MD
Amir Shamshirsaz, MD
Molly Siegel, MD
Candice Silversides, MD, FRCPC
Cara Wetcher, MD

Course Description: 
The attendee should complete the course knowing the triad solution to preventing morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac disease in pregnancy including:  

  1. CVD Screening in pregnant patients;
  2. Patient Education;
  3. Multidisciplinary Planning. 
Interpretation of cardiovascular signs and symptoms due to the normal physiologic cardiovascular changes in pregnancy and what diagnostic tools and cardiac interventions are indicated in the cardiac pregnant patient.  Identify the most devastating cardiac conditions in pregnancy and how to manage during pregnancy, on the labor floor and in the immediate postpartum period.

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify current efforts to screen cardiac pregnant patient. The attendee should leave knowing the triad solution to preventing morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac disease in pregnancy including: 1. CVD Screening; 2. Patient Education; 3. Multidisciplinary Planning.
  • Interpret pregnancy cardiovascular signs and symptoms in the pregnant patient. The attendee should leave knowing the key signs and symptoms in pregnancy that are due to the normal physiologic cardiovascular changes
  • Identify the most devastating cardiac conditions in pregnancy
  • Analyze diagnostic tools and appropriate cardiac interventions in the cardiac pregnant patient. The attendee should know when to order cardiac diagnostics in the pregnant patient and how to interpret them
  • Demonstrate the ability to triage a cardiac emergency in the pregnant patient. The attendee should know when a patient can be reassured, referred for further evaluation as outpatient and when to transfer for immediate urgent evaluation as inpatient.

Course Schedule (All times Eastern Standard Time):
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CME Credits:  7.0
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) and SMFM. GLC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   

Global Learning Collaborative designates this enduring material for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Price: $550.00