Future Directions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Novel Treatment Pathways, Evolving Treatment Paradigms, Addressing Differences in SDoH 

Faculty

Nicholas Kolaitis, MD, MAS

Co-Chair

Assistant Professor

Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine

University of California at San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Sandhya Murthy, MD

Co-Chair

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine,

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center Co-Director, Heart Failure Center in Nyack Hospital

Bronx, NY


Program Overview

Despite a multitude of treatment options targeting 3 well-characterized pathologic pathways in PAH, this progressive, life-threatening condition continues to have an overall poor prognosis, with 3-year mortality up to 55% in high-risk patients. Diagnostic delay continues to be a barrier to timely treatment initiation. Racial and ethnic disparities, as well as social determinants of health, may play a role in diagnostic delay. HCPs must be equipped with the knowledge and tools to recognize and address the potential contributors to diagnostic delay. The diagnostic interval may be shortened through improved screening of PAH patients with known risk factors, earlier referrals for specialists and earlier diagnostic testing, including TTE, and improved EMR documentation. A number of novel therapeutic agents, including those targeting previously unaddressed pathways, are being tested in PAH. HCPs must be made aware of those agents in late-stage clinical trials which may have a future in the treatment landscape as synergistic, relatively convenient options that may help optimize patient outcomes, particularly those experiencing negative SDoH.

Target Audience

The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of healthcare professionals who provide care for patients with PAH including cardiologists, pulmonologists, critical care physicians, and other NPs and PAs involved in the treatment of patients with PAH.

MICROLEARNING

MODULES 1-4

Credit Amount: 1.00

Credit Type: AMA

Expiration: 3/21/204

BROADCAST ONE

Disparities, Burden, and Diagnosis in PAH

Credit Amount: 0.50

Credit Type: AMA

Expiration: 3/15/2024

BROADCAST TWO

Unmet Needs and Emerging Treatments

Credit Amount: 0.50

Credit Type: AMA

Expiration: 3/21/204

THREAD ONE

Disparities and Diagnosis

Credit Amount: 0.50

Credit Type: AMA

Expiration: 3/15/2024

THREAD TWO

Emerging Treatments

Credit Amount: 0.50

Credit Type: AMA

Expiration: 3/21/204

This activity is jointly provided by Global Education Group and Iridium Continuing Education.
SUPPORTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.