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Activity Steps

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Outline each cardiac chamber's physiologic response to changes in pressure and volume.
  2. Explain patterns of varying cardiac chamber modifcations as they relate to valvular heart disease.
  3. Use an algorithm to analyze the radiographic appearance of cardiac chamber abnormalities and identify the particular valvular lesion.

Disclosures

All authors and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity and their spouses/life partners (if any) have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial organizations pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: FREE

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.5 CME
  • ABR 1.5 CME (SAM)

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This module meets the American Board of Radiology's (ABR) criteria for self-assessment toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: JTI0916
Published: September 2016
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Journal of Thoracic Imaging
Required Passing Score: 4/5 (80%)
Authors: Jason K. Lempel, MD, Michael A. Bolen, MD, Rahul D. Renapurkar, MD, Joseph T. Azok, MD, and Charles S. White, MD
Categories: Cardiovascular
Specialties: Radiology
Topics: Chest Radiograph , Valvular Heart Disease