Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has an estimated prevalence of 1 in 500 adults and therefore represents a common genetic disease with significant morbidity and mortality. This CME will help the primary care provider recognize clues to the existence of this disease in their patients and their patients’ families. This will enable appropriate diagnosis and management of those affected by the disease as well as identify at risk family members. This module will discuss the genetic basis of the disease and the use of genetic testing.

NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS: The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

COST: $20.00
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OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By participating in this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the early presentation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
2. Understand the differential diagnosis of HCM
3. Understand the genetic basis of HCM, including inheritance patterns and risks to other family members
4. Understand the approach to manage patients with HCM, including pre-symptomatic, mutation-positive family members
5. Appreciate the family history of a typical patient with HCM

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HEIDI REHM, PHD Course Director

Heidi Rehm received her PhD in Genetics from Harvard University. She did postdoctoral work in Neurobiology, a fellowship in Clinical Molecular Genetics and is now Assistant Professor in Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Six years ago she started the Laboratory for Molecular Medicine at the Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine, a clinical lab offering genetic testing for cardiovascular disease, cancer, hearing loss and genetic syndromes. In addition to running the clinical lab, she also maintains activities in research and education including her role as Director of the Harvard Medical School Clinical Molecular Genetics Training Program. DISCLOSURE:

AMY E. ROBERTS, MD Course Co-Director

Amy Roberts received her MD from Dartmouth Medical School. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts and then a residency in clinical genetics at Harvard Medical School. She is now Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and in the Department of Cardiology at Children’s Hospital Boston. She has focused her clinical practice on cardiovascular genetics and her research interests include Noonan syndrome and related disorders, cardiomyopathy, and the genetic causes of isolated heart disease. She is also involved in resident education as the Co-Director of the Harvard Medical School Medical Genetics Residency and Children’s Hospital Boston Pediatrics Residency combined training program and as the Co-Director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Maternal Fetal Medicine and Harvard Medical School Medical Genetics Residency Combined Training Program. DISCLOSURE:

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MICHAEL FIFER, MD Reviewer

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NEAL LAKDAWALA, MD Reviewer

Neal Lakdawala, M.D. is a cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and research fellow at Harvard Medical School, both in Boston. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas HSCSA where he graduated AOA. He completed internal medicine residency at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City where he was selected as chief resident. His cardiology fellowship training was at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Lakdawala’s clinical interests are in heart failure, cardiac transplantation, echocardiography and monogenic cardiovascular diseases. His research has been focused on determining the mechanisms of sarcomeric hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy through clinical studies. DISCLOSURE:

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NUMBER OF CREDITS: 1 

Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Upon completion of the course you will get a certificate via e-mail within 2 weeks.

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