Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Fellows Journal Club (February 28, 2024)

Needs Statement

Anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, certified anesthesiology assistants, and anesthesiology fellows and residents need to receive regular updates on recent advances in the ever-evolving field of cardiovascular anesthesiology. The aim of the series is to review past and current primary literature in the field, evaluate the latest developments in clinical research and anesthetic techniques, and recognize the historical context out of which new treatment paradigms emerge. The series also aims to expand clinical knowledge, disseminate evidence-based clinical practices, enhance the quality of cardiovascular anesthesiology care, and improve patient outcomes.

Educational Objectives

Impact of Aortic Grafts on Arterial Pressure: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study

At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:

• List the early outcomes of importance for patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) extent 1 repair.
• Identify predictors for operative death and adverse outcomes of open TAAA extent 1 repair.
• Describe trends in death, repair-free survival, and repair failure in patients with heritable thoracic aortic disease undergoing TAAA extent 1 repair.

Outcomes After Extent I Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair: Focus on Heritable Aortic Disease

At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:

• List the early outcomes of importance for patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) extent 1 repair.
• Identify predictors for operative death and adverse outcomes of open TAAA extent 1 repair.
• Describe trends in death, repair-free survival, and repair failure in patients with heritable thoracic aortic disease undergoing TAAA extent 1 repair.

Target Audience

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

Disclosure Policy

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME's validation of clinical content statements.

BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions. If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.