413 - DISTINGUISHING CARDIAC PRESENTATION IN WOMEN WITH FABRY DISEASE: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS BETWEEN SEXES

Friday, October 28, 2022

5:30 PM – 5:50 PM EDT

Location: Canada Hall 2 East

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Target Audience: General: All cardiovascular (clinical and research) health professionals, Clinical cardiologists, Community cardiologists

Presenter(s)

Kim Anderson, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology
NS Health Authority, Halifax Infirmary
Dalhousie University
Halifax, United States

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

discuss the important role cardiologists play in identifying and managing Fabry Disease;
differentiate the unique presentation and considerations for female Fabry patients in cardiology; and,
understand the diagnostic journey and cardiac management of a female Fabry patient.

This session will review the important role that cardiologists play in identifying and managing patients with Fabry Disease. The female Fabry patient can develop unique presentations and challenges. This trend continues in the development and course of Fabry disease and those unique considerations will be highlighted through a case illustrating the diagnostic and management journey of a female Fabry patient.