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CANADIAN CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY

CCS

CCC

CRITICAL CARE

CLINICAL

CARDIO-ONCOLOGY

SURGERY

RESEARCH

CJC

CCON

CANCARE

CSE

CSCS

CSCMRI

CNCT

CCCN

NURSING

PHARMACIST

CANADIAN JOURNAL CARDIOLOGY PLENARY: PERICARDIAL DISEASE: NEW INSIGHTS AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR A COMMON AND UNDEREMPHASIZED CLINICAL PROBLEM

DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE PERICARDIUM (CCC-117)

Thursday, October 26, 2023

11:36 – 11:48 EST

Location: Palais, 524C

Target Audience: Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons, Basic Scientists, Nursing, Critical Care Specialists, Canadian Cardiac Oncology Network, Canadian Society of Echocardiography, Canadian Cardiovascular Critical Care Society (CANCARE), Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons, Canadian Society of Cardiovascular MRI, Canadian Society of Cardiovascular Nuclear and CT Imaging, Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses (CCCN)

Presenter(s)

Andrew S. Mackie, MD, SM (he/him/his)

Pediatric Cardiologist
CPCA
University of Alberta

Disclosure(s):

Andrew S. Mackie, MD, SM: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives / Objectifs d'apprentissage:

At the end of this session participants will be able to / Au terme de cette conférence, vous serez:

understand the importance of the pericardial immune system in the pathophysiology and management of pericarditis;
know how and when to use new drugs like interleukin blockers to treat pericarditis;
know how and when to manage pericardial disease surgically; and
learn how to diagnose and manage congenital pericardial conditions.

Session Description: This session is designed to update cardiovascular practitioners and scientists in the latest developments in pericardial disease. The speakers will deal with the basic science and role of the pericardial immune system in health and disease, with the surgical management of pericardial disease, with the use of new drugs that target cytokines like interleukin to manage recurrent pericarditis and with the diagnosis and significance of congenital abnormalities of the pericardium.