National Proceedings : Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) 2016

National Proceedings : Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is organized by UC San Diego School of Medicine and would be held during Feb 26-27, 2016 at Estancia La Jolla Hotel, La Jolla, California.

This targeted audience for this medical meeting basically for internists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals with state-of-the-art information to evaluate and manage patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. The CME conference has been approved with a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

This year the conference brings to you the latest update in cardiology, pulomonology in the form of didactic presentations, debates, and panel discussions involving national and international experts in the field, with an emphasis on interactive audience participation.
Conference Objectives are:
1) Define the pathophysiology and epidemiology of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension;
2) Describe the latest diagnostic modalities and evaluative approach to patients with suspected chronic thromboembolic disease;
3) Discuss the surgical procedure (pulmonary thromboendarterectomy-PTE) available for CTEPH patients, and the possible role of balloon pulmonary angioplasty in the management of this disease;
4) Define the role of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH) targeted medical therapy for selected patient groups with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.