1st Annual Advances in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Care : From Single Ventricle to Failing Fontan
In-Person EventSep 16 - 17, 2016Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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OVERVIEW
1st Annual Advances in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Care : From Single Ventricle to Failing Fontan is organized by Cleveland Clinic Foundation and would be held during Sep 16 - 17, 2016 at InterContinental Hotel And Bank Of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. The Target Audience for this Medical Event are physicians, fellows, residents and allied health professionals in pediatric and adult cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, critical care medicine and pediatrics.This CME conference has been approved with 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Objectives :
• Describe the possible neonatal interventions and their results.
• Compare the surgical interventions to the long-term outcomes.
• Describe why Fontan procedures fail, how to avoid failure with medical and surgical interventions.
• Identify the alternatives to single ventricle being heart transplantation and assist devices, and the results of those interventions.