Description

The presentation will focus on the epidemiology, risk factors, outcomes, and pathophysiology of heart failure among contemporary ART-treated individuals living with HIV. It will also focus on areas of active research and potential interventions to reduce the incidence of heart failure and to improve heart failure outcomes among persons living with HIV.

Live broadcasts begin promply at 8 am EST.

Each live broadcast will be available as an on-demand archived version. 

Learning Objectives

1.  Describe the increased risk of heart failure in HIV.
2. Describe the potential pathophysiological mechanisms that drive HF in HIV.
3. Consider targeted interventions that may reduce the risk for and improve the outcomes with HF in HIV.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for HIV clinicians and caregivers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physicians' assistants.

Faculty

Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPH, MRCPI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Direct, Cardio-oncology Program
Co-Director Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Division of Cardiology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Neilan is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Director of the Cardio-Oncology Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, the co-Director of the Cardiac MR PET CT Program, and the Associate Director of the MGH T32 Training Program in Cardiovascular Imaging. He completed his MD at University College Dublin Medical School.

He completed his clinical training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Mater Hospital in Dublin and at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also competed advanced training in Echocardiography at Massachusetts General Hospital, a Cardiac MRI fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a master of public health degree at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Neilan has been awarded the “de Gunzburg Family Endowed Scholar in Cardiology”, The Locke Award for excellence in medical education and elected as a Senior Fellow to the Oliver Wendell Holmes Society at Harvard Medical School. His career has had two major focuses: 1) Understanding how we can improve the cardiovascular care of patients with cancer and 2) The use of advanced imaging to better understand and characterize cardiovascular disease among persons living with HIV.

CME/CE Information

Accreditation

Partners HealthCare System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Partners HealthCare System designates this live activity for a maximum 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS 
In accord with the disclosure policy of Partners HealthCare System as well as guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), planners, speakers and anyone who may have an influence on the content of the activity have been asked to disclose any relationship they or their spouse/partner have to companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, devices, etc. that may be germane to the content of their presentation. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias, but provides participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a given presentation.

RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST (COI)
Partners HealthCare System has implemented a process to resolve potential COIs for this CME activity to help ensure content objectivity, independence, fair balance and ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public.

The following planner and/or their spouse/partner have reported no relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest:
Jacqueline Chu, MD
Virginia Triant, MD, MPH

The following planner and/or their spouse/partner have reported a relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest:
Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD
Grant Funding: Gilead, Merck, ViiV
Consultant: Theratechnologies; EMD Serono

The following speaker and/or their spouse/partner have reported a relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest:
Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH, MRCPI
Advisory Board: Takeda

Hardware/Software Specifications: 

This internet-based CME activity is best experienced Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 13 or later, Chrome 16 or later, Safari (version 5 or later)

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Optimal System Configuration: 
Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player 10.1+
Browser: Firefox 13+, Internet Explorer 9.0+, Safari 13+, or Google Chrome 16+
Operating System: Windows Vista,7,8 or Mac OS X 10.4+
Internet Connection: 1 Mbps or higher

Minimum Requirements: 
Windows PC: 
Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent with 2.33 GHz processor; Windows XP; 512 MB RAM; Video Card at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card at least 16-bit; Macromedia Flash Player 10 or higher, audio playback with speakers for programs with video content; Firefox 3+, Internet Explorer 7.0+, Safari 4+, Google Chrome, or Opera
Macintosh: 
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher with latest updates installed; 1.83MHz Intel Core Duo or faster; RAM: 128MB or more; Video Card: at least 128MB of video memory; Sound Card: at least 16-bit