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CME Activity
Long-Term Functional Analysis of the Atrioventricular Valve in Patients Undergoing Single Ventricle Palliation
Faculty
Makoto Ando, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Sakakibara Heart Institute
Tokyo, Japan
Yukihiro Takahashi, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Sakakibara Heart Institute
Tokyo, Japan
Accredited by
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Course Description
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
• recognize the type of cavopulmonary connection that was primarily used in this study
• learn the incidence of fenestration use in this study
• understand that functionally single ventricles can be difficult to characterize and learn how the authors characterized ambiguous ventricles for the purpose of analysis
• recognize that the authors analyzed their results on the basis of ventricular and valve anatomy and appreciate the differential survival of each group
• learn the type of atrioventricular valve repair that was principally used in this study
• learn the outcomes of valve repair referable to the various anatomic substrates
Activity Details
| Credit Types: | CME |
| Credit Amount: | 1.0 Credits |
| Release Date: | 2011-Nov-01 |
| Expiration Date: | 2013-Nov-01 |
| Estimated Time for Completion: | 1 hour |
| Registration Required: | Yes |
| Cost: | $374/yr |
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