CME Snack

HCM Around the Globe: Not an Isolated Issue

Launch Date
05/17/2022
Credit Amount
1.00 Hours
Credit Expires
04/28/2023

Faculty

Martin S. Maron, MD
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Co-Director, Cardiac CT and MRI
Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Martin S. Maron, MD

Dr. Martin Maron is Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center and Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center and the Chanin T. Mast Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center in Morristown Medical Center. His research interests are the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy including the role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in assessment of patients with HCM and novel drug therapy to modify the disease. Dr. Maron has co-authored over 200 original publications on HCM including in New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Marco Antonio Rodrigues Torres, MD, PhD
Post Graduation Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Torres, MD, PhD

Marco Antonio Rodrigues Torres, MD is a cardiologist specializing in non-invasive imaging. He received his medical degree from the Federal Fluminense University in 1971 and completed his residency in internal medicine at a Federal Hospital in Rio de Janeiro as well as a fellowship in cardiology at the Cedars Sinai Medical center. He served as a professor in medicine at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre from 1985 through 2019 and received his PhD in cardiology with original research in Pisa, Italy. Additionally, Dr. Torres has served on the National Research Council at the University of Queensland and has been an organizer and coordinator of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre in Brazil for 15 years.

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Statement of Need

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an under-recognized, common, and treatable genetic disease occurring worldwide. HCM is a myocardial disorder most often caused by mutations in one of several sarcomere genes that encode components of the contractile apparatus of the heart. It is characterized by ventricular hypertrophy that cannot be explained by another cardiac or systemic disease. Adding to the burden of disease, HCM can present with a variety of symptoms mimicking other conditions and may go undiagnosed for many years and it is estimated that approximately one in 500 individuals in the United States may have clinically unrecognized, undiagnosed HCM, with an overall prevalence estimated at 750,000.

Please join Dr. Maron and Dr. Torres in this first installment of a CMEO Snack series as they discuss strategies for optimal screening of HCM in an effort to increase recognition and diagnosis of this too often misdiagnosed disease.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to screen appropriate patients for HCM using evidence-based diagnostic strategies.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb.

Target Audience

Cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, cardiac surgeons (Secondary: Primary care physicians/General practitioners, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists)

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Activity UAN: JA0007185-0000-22-076-H01-P

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Dr. Maron reports the following financial relationships: Advisory Board: Cytokenetics (REDWOOD-HCM Steering Committee). Consultant: Imbria and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

Dr. Torres reports no financial relationships.

Disclosures were obtained from the CME Outfitters, LLC staff: No disclosures to report.

  • Michael Franks, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC (peer reviewer)
  • Warren Beckman (planning committee)
  • Evan Luberger (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

 

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NOTE: Pharmacist CE Universal Activity Number, Enduring: JA0007185-0000-22-076-H01-P.

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HCM Around the Globe: Not an Isolated Issue
Event Date: 05/17/2022