The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) is committed to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. HFSA has a disclosure policy that requires oral presenters to disclose all relevant financial relationships for themselves and their spouse or partner during the past 24-months with any commercial entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients and related to the content of the activity, whether or not these commercial entities are supporters of the activity. Speakers will have a disclosure slide at the beginning of each presentation. All potential conflicts of interests have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME Updated Standards for Commercial Support.
The following faculty and/or accreditors with ability to control content for this activity have no conflict of interest:
- Eileen Hsich, MD, FHFSA
- Colleen McIlvennan, PhD, DNP, ANP, FAHA, FHFSA
- Robert L. Page II, PharmD, MSPH, FHFSA, FAHA, FCCP
- Shauna Wheeler, MS (CE Reviewer)
The following faculty and/or accreditors with ability to control content for this activity have listed the below disclosures:
- Biykem Bozkurt – Advisory Panel: ABIOMED, AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim, Medtronic, Merck, American Regent (Ended), Amgen (Ended), Baxter (Ended), Sanofi-Aventis (Ended), scPharmaceuticals (Ended); Steering Committee: Renovacor, Respicardia, Vifor Pharma; Clinical End Points Committee: Abbott Laboratories (Ended); Data Safety Monitoring Board: Cardurion Pharmaceuticals (Ended), LivaNova (Ended)
- Michael Felker – Consultant: Abbott Laboratories, American Regent, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cytokinetics, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic, Novartis, Reprieve Cardiovascular, Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Sequana Medical, LivaNova (Ended); Research Support: Bayer AG, CSL Behring, Merck, Amgen (Ended)
- Rhonda Monroe – Advisory Panel: CVRx (Ended), 4TEEN4 (Ended); Consultant: Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim (Ended), Merck (Ended)
Off-Label Disclosure
This CME activity may or may not discuss investigational, unapproved, or off-label use of drugs. Participants are advised to consult prescribing information for any products discussed. The information provided in this CME activity is for continuing medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient’s medical condition.