Amyloid heart disease module 1: diagnosis

Released 6 April 2021     Expires: 06 April 2023      Programme: Amyloid heart disease 1 CPD/CME credit

Sponsorship Statement: These BJC learning modules have been supported by Pfizer with an independent medical education grant.

Learning objectives

Upon completing this module, healthcare professionals should know more about:

  • How to diagnose transthyretin amyloidosis
  • Clinical indicators of transthyretin amyloidosis that should prompt further investigation
  • The diagnostic tests for transthyretin amyloidosis and how they combine in a diagnostic framework

Faculty

Joseph M Krepp, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA
Richard Katz, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA
Rachel Volke, Resident Physician, Division of Cardiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA
Angela Ryan, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellow, Division of Cardiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA
Gurusher Panjrath, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA

Accreditation

1 CPD/CME credit, 1.0 hour
BJC Learning has assigned one hour of CPD/CME credit to this module

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