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Short Cases in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

  • Authors: Sonja D. Bartolome, MD; Sean P. Gaine, MD, PhD, FRCPI; Brandon Jakubowski, MD; Stephan Rosenkranz, MD; Göran Rådegran, MD, MScEngPys, DMSc
  • CME Released: 8/31/2022
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 8/31/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This educational activity is intended for an international audience of non-US cardiologists, pulmonologists, and rheumatologists.

The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to exemplify how experts approach challenging diagnostic and treatment situations in PAH.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have greater competence related to
    • Selecting a treatment approach for patients with PAH presenting with severe symptoms
    • Differentially diagnosing PAH from other confounding diagnoses
    • Screening family members following a heritable PAH diagnosis
    • Selecting an escalation approach for patients who have not responded to PAH therapy
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Appropriately address challenging situations in patients with possible or diagnosed PAH


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Faculty

  • Sonja D. Bartolome, MD

    Professor, Internal Medicine - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 
    Medical Director of the Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Program
    Associate Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas, United States

    Disclosures

    Sonja D. Bartolome, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Janssen; United Therapeutics
    Research funding from: Acceleron; Gossamer; Lung Biotechnology; Merck; PhaseBio; United Therapeutics

  • Sean P. Gaine, MD, PhD, FRCPI

    Professor
    Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
    University College Dublin
    Dublin, Ireland

    Disclosures

    Sean P. Gaine, MD, PhD, FRCPI, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Actelion; Bayer; Janssen
    Research funding from: Janssen
    Other: Independent contractor for: Acceleron; Actelion; Bayer; Janssen; United Therapeutics

  • Brandon Jakubowski, MD

    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas, United States

    Disclosures

    Brandon Jakubowski, MD, has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Göran Rådegran, MD, MScEngPys, DMSc

    Associate Professor
    Lund University
    Head, Swedish Association of Pulmonary Hypertension
    Lund, Sweden

    Disclosures

    Göran Rådegran, MD, MScEngPys, DMSc, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Janssen
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Janssen
    Research funding from: Infucare; Janssen; Nordic

  • Stephan Rosenkranz, MD

    Department of Cardiology
    Head of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center, University of Cologne, Germany
    Center for Molecular Medicine, Cologne (CMMC)
    Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC)
    Heart Center at the University of Cologne
    Cologne, Germany

    Disclosures

    Stephan Rosenkranz, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Actelion; AstraZeneca; Bayer; Janssen; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Actelion; AstraZeneca; Bayer; Boehringer Ingelheim; Janssen; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.; Vifor
    Research funding from: Actelion; AstraZeneca; Bayer; Janssen

Editors

  • George Boutsalis, PhD

    Senior Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC 

    Disclosures

    George Boutsalis, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships. 

  • Cheryl Perkins, MD, RPh

    Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC 

    Disclosures

    Cheryl Perkins, MD, RPh, has no relevant financial relationships. 

Compliance Reviewer

  • Amanda Jett, PharmD, BCACP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Amanda Jett, PharmD, BCACP, has no relevant financial relationships.


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CME

Short Cases in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Authors: Sonja D. Bartolome, MD; Sean P. Gaine, MD, PhD, FRCPI; Brandon Jakubowski, MD; Stephan Rosenkranz, MD; Göran Rådegran, MD, MScEngPys, DMScFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME Released: 8/31/2022

Valid for credit through: 8/31/2023, 11:59 PM EST

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