430 - PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF AORTOPATHY PATIENTS FOR VASCULAR MEDICINE SPECIALIST, GENERAL CARDIOLOGIST AND PRIMARY CARE TEAM

Sunday, October 27, 2024

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT

Room: 111-112

Workshop Description: Time allotted: 60 minutes

Format: 4 focused eight minute presentations, then 20 minutes of interactive Q&A (~33% of the session)

Aim: We propose a case based and practical workshop aimed at the general cardiologist or primary care physician to enable them to manage patients with thoracic aortopathies (aneurysms, post dissection) with confidence.

Learning Objectives: After participation in the workshop, attendees should achieve confidence regarding the following:
1. When to refer patients for operative repair, and when to offer surveillance and follow-up;
2. How to approach medical therapy for patients with thoracic aortopathy;
3. How to identify whether a patient with thoracic aortopathy should be referred to a medical geneticist; and
4. How to advise the patient with thoracic aortic disease to get active safely for recreation or employment.

Interactive and Engagement Activities Description: We propose 4 eight minute case-based presentations, then at least 20 minutes of audience directed questions and answers with the six member panel comprising experts in cardiac surgery, adult congenital heart disease, vascular medicine, medical genetics, and cardiac rehab.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

Know when to refer patients with aortopathy for operative repair, and when to offer surveillance and follow-up.
Know how to choose medical therapy for people with aortopathy.
Know when to refer someone with aortopathy to medical genetics.
Know how to counsel someone with aortopathy to be active safely for recreation or employment.

Disclosure(s):

Michelle Keir, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Michael Sean McMurtry, MD PhD MBA: No financial relationships to disclose

Sandeep Goel Aggarwal, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Julie Richer, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Holly Smith, MD: WL Gore: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Co-Chair(s)

Michael W. A. Chu, MD, MEd, FRCSC

Chair/Chief Cardiac Surgery
CSCS
Michelle Keir, MD (she/her/hers)

Clinical Associate Professor
Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
University of Calgary
MM

Michael Sean McMurtry, MD PhD MBA

Cardiologist and Vascular Medicine Physician
University of Alberta
University of Alberta

Presenter(s)

MM

Michael Sean McMurtry, MD PhD MBA

Cardiologist and Vascular Medicine Physician
University of Alberta
University of Alberta

Panelist(s)

SA

Sandeep Goel Aggarwal, MD (he/him/his)

Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation
CCS
University of Calgary

Handouts
Michael W. A. Chu, MD, MEd, FRCSC

Chair/Chief Cardiac Surgery
CSCS
Michelle Keir, MD (she/her/hers)

Clinical Associate Professor
Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
University of Calgary
MM

Michael Sean McMurtry, MD PhD MBA

Cardiologist and Vascular Medicine Physician
University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Julie Richer, MD (she/her/hers)

Medical Geneticist
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
University of Ottawa
Holly Smith, MD

Cardiac Surgeon
CSCS
University of Calgary

Presenter(s)

SA

Sandeep Goel Aggarwal, MD (he/him/his)

Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation
CCS
University of Calgary

Handouts
Julie Richer, MD (she/her/hers)

Medical Geneticist
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
University of Ottawa
Holly Smith, MD

Cardiac Surgeon
CSCS
University of Calgary

Planning Committee Member(s)

MM

Michael Sean McMurtry, MD PhD MBA

Cardiologist and Vascular Medicine Physician
University of Alberta
University of Alberta