Sponsored by:
Cardiology Grand Rounds
Academic Year 2011-2012
Cardio-Renal Interactions in Heart Failure
February 23, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 AM
11-146 Translational Research Center
Jeffrey Testani, M.D.
Cardiovascular Fellow
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Target Audience
This program has been designed for cardiologists, CT surgeons, radiologists specializing in cardiovascular imaging, internists,
clinical and basic scientists in medicine, biology, genetics, biomedical engineering, pharmacology, physiology and other
specialties, PHDs and PhD candidates, cardiology and CT surgery fellows, medicine and surgery housestaff
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
 Describe evidence supporting the latest treatment for cardiac conditions (i.e., interventional procedures such as
cardiac catheterization, cardiac biopsies, electrophysiologic studies), noninvasive cardiac procedures and clinical
cardiology therapy
 Review experimental data from translational and clinical studies with the potential to influence practice
 Assess the results of clinical trials from a regional and national view
 Assess patient care through discussing medical errors, complications and unanticipated outcomes
 Gain practice-based learning and improvement through reviewing records, specifics and revisiting errors to gain
insight without blame or derision
 Recognize the importance of systems-based practice that explicitly depict the larger context and system health care
by stressing the importance of collaborative efforts involving physicians and ancillary staff for safety and quality
improvements
Accreditation
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support*
N/A
For more information, please contact
Denice Susini
215-662-3140
denice.susini@uphs.upenn.edu
Check your CME online at www.med.upenn.edu/cme
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships and Unapproved Uses of Products
It is policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania for individuals who are in a position to control
the content of an educational activity to disclose to the learners all relevant financial relationships that they have with any
commercial interest that provides products or services that may be relevant to the content of this continuing medical
education activity. For this purpose we consider relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial
relationships of a spouse or partner.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent expert faculty with relevant relationship(s) with commercial interest(s) from
involvement in CME, but rather to ensure that Penn CME-certified activities promote quality and safety, are effective in
improving medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent of control from commercial interests and free of
commercial bias. Peer review of all content was conducted for all faculty presentations whose disclosure information provided
to the Penn Office of CME was found to contain relationships that created a conflict of interest relative to the topic of their
presentation. In addition, all faculty were instructed to provide balanced, scientifically rigorous and evidence-based
presentations.
The staff in the Office of CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the peer
reviewer(s) Zalman Agus, MD, Associate Dean for CME, have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships
with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.
The following individuals have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests
related to the content of this educational activity:
FACULTY NAME
JOSEPH CARVER, MD
IRVING HERLING, MD
SURAJ KAPA, MD
PRESENTER NAME
Jeffrey Testani, MD
The following individuals have reported the listed relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to the
content of this educational activity.
PRESENTER NAME
NAME OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
RELATIONSHIP
Michael S. Parmacek, MD
Phillip Lyttle LLC
Medical Expert
NHLBI
Scientific Advisor
Lee Goldberg, MD
Cardiac Concepts & Alere Medical
Consultant
PRESENTER NAME
NAME OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
RELATIONSHIP
Relevant Financial Relationships: Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary,
royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership
interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as
employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching,
membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received
or expected
DISCLOSURE OF UNAPPROVED USES OF PRODUCTS
PRESENTER NAME
PRODUCT
INVESTIGATIONAL AND/OR OFF-LABEL USE