Continuing Medical Education at TVT 2022

Claim CME credit or Certificate of Attendance

Please note that CME credit is NOT available for online attendees. TVT 2022 is CME-accredited only for participants who attend in person.

Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational activities. Commercial support from industry does not influence educational content, faculty selection, and/or faculty presentations, and therefore, does not compromise the scientific integrity of the educational activity.

Discussion of off-label product usage during live cases is made at the sole discretion of the faculty. Off-label product discussion and usage are not endorsed by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation or the conference directors of this activity.

All planners (directors, co-directors, chairs, etc.) and faculty participating in accredited continuing education activities sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation are required to disclose to the activities audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content that they planned or the content of their presentation(s). Anyone not complying with this policy is not permitted to participate in this activity.

Accreditation Statement

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 24.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 24.5 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

CME Independent Review

As a CME provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), CRF is committed to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored programs. As such, CRF’s CME Committee has selected CME associate course directors to provide oversight of the TVT 202 program development to ensure balance, objectivity, and clinical relevance, including documentation of the conflicts of interest of the planners.

CRF identifies relevant financial relationships and mitigates them before the activity begins. 

The CME associate course directors documented that the material provided at TVT 2022 is fair, balanced, and free of commercial bias as of May 18, 2022.

CME Associate Course Directors

Donald Cutlip, MD — Nothing to disclose.

Grzegorz L. Kaluza, MD, PhD — Grant Support/Research Contract: Abbott Vascular, Abiomed, Medtronic, 4C Medical, Dura Biotech, InQB8, Ancora Heart, InnovHeart, Mitria, Thubrikar Aortic Valve, Terumo Medical Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Edwards Lifesciences, Alucent Biomedical, Advanced NanoTechnologies, Adriakaim; Thrombolex, Reflow Medical, Tenaya Therapeutics, Renovacor, Shape Memory Medical, Impulse Dynamics, Occlutech, Neochord, MicroInterventional Devices, Lungpace, Inozyme, HLT; Deinde Medical, Autonomix, Cardiac Implants, Cagent Medical, Intact Vascular, OncoSec, Soundbite Medical Solutions, VasoRx, LivaNova, Encore Medical, Recardia, Cook Medical, StrideBio, and Ethicon, a J&J Company.

Gary S. Mintz, MD — Consultant Fee/Honoraria/ Speaker’s Bureau: Boston Scientific Corporation, Volcano Corporation, Abiomed, Medtronic.

How to Claim your Credit

Please complete the daily TVT session evaluations on the CRF Events App (available via the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store) or at the CRF CME Portal.

Claim credit commensurate with the extent of your participation in the activity.

After completing the evaluation summary, your Continuing Medical Education (CME), or Certificate of Attendance will be generated on the screen for you to save or print.

Alternatively, by request, we can email your documentation to you. Please send your request to [email protected].

Questions?

For any CME- or CE-related inquiries, or to claim credits for a previous conference, please contact us at [email protected].