Order the ishlt academy Masters Course DVD-ROM 10 hours of intensive education
     
 

The ishlt academy draws on the wealth of experience and expertise within the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation to deliver high quality educational experiences with the goal of enabling physicians to improve and maintain the highest possible standards in the care of patients with advanced heart and lung disease and those undergoing heart or lung transplantation. This educational activity focuses on core competencies for Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pulmonary Hypertension and Cardiac Transplantation.

  
 
SESSION 1: ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND
HIGH RISK SURGERY
  • Advanced Heart Failure: Definitions and Prognosis
  • Principles of Management in Decompensated Heart Failure
  • Electrophysiological Considerations in Advanced Heart Failure
  • High Risk Surgery in Advanced Heart Failure
  • Palliative Care in the Dying Heart Failure Patient
SESSION 2: MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT
  • Definitions and Framework for MCS
  • Patient Selection and Outcomes with MCS
  • The Plethora of MCS Devices
  • Intraoperative and Early Post Operative Nuances
  • The Nuts and Bolts of Outpatient Management With an Implanted Device
SESSION 3: DINNER SESSION - PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: IMAGING, BIOPSIES AND HEMODYNAMICS
  • Advanced Heart Failure Case
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Case
  • Cardiac Transplantation Cases
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease Cases
SESSION 4:  CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
  • Issues in Determining Candidacy for Transplantation
  • Immunologic Considerations in Transplantation
  • Critical Knowledge of Immunosuppression
  • Essential Concepts in Rejection
  • Late Complications and Co-morbidities
SESSION 5: PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE
  • Definitions, Pathogenesis, and Diagnosis
  • The Pharmacological Treatment of PAH - State of the Art and End Point Targets
  • Practical Considerations, Pitfalls and Caveats of Drug Therapy
  • Managing the Pharmacologically Refractory Patient

 
     
 

Regular Price $399

 
   
 

ISHLT Member Offer: $299 - Save $100

 
 

* Plus $15 Shipping and Handling