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Overview: Understand the tools, approaches, and clinical evidence for diagnosing and treating sleep apnea in cardiac patients. This content is provided free of charge by Respicardia.

Presenters:

Kunal Agarwal, MD, FAAFP, FAASM, DipABOM
Medical Director, TidalHealth Sleep Medicine, Seaford & Mellsboro, Delaware
Objectives:

Explore the evidence for sleep apnea screening in cardiology, with a focus on heart failure patients
Understand the mechanisms and clinical consequences of untreated central sleep apnea
Review the evidence for transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation (TPNS) to treat central sleep apnea

CEC Credit(s): 1.0

Length: 45 minutes

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Overview: In this course, Dr. Emani and Dr. Fudim discuss available therapeutic options for treating Central Sleep Apnea, with special focus on the recently published pooled cohort analysis for phrenic nerve stimulation therapy.

Presenters:
• Dr. Sitaramesh Emani, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Ohio State University
• Dr. Marat Fudim, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Heart Failure Cardiologist at Duke University

Objectives:
• Discuss pooled cohort analysis from phrenic nerve stimulation Pilot and Pivotal Trials
• Review available therapeutic options for treating Central Sleep Apnea

CEC Credit(s): 1.0

Length: 1 hour and 9 minutes

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Overview: In this course will discuss how to classify hypopneas and asses the various treatment options for patients wine predominately central sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.

Presenters:

Kara Dupuy-McCauley, MD, Senior Associate Consultant Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Sleep Medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Timothy Morgenthaler, MD, Vice Chair, Mayo Clinic Quality and Affordability Co-Director, Center for Sleep Medicine Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Objectives:

Examine the latest evidence, methods, and clinical experience for classifying hypopneas
Assess the available treatment options for patients with predominantly central apneas and hypopneas
Review experience incorporating phrenic nerve stimulation into clinical practice

CEC Credit(s): 1.0

Length: 1 hour

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Overview: In this course, Dr. Khayat and Dr. Javaheri review the pathophysiology of central sleep apnea, with a focus on CSA in heart failure patients.  They discuss the clinical outcomes of patients with CSA and review available therapeutic options for treating CSA.

Presenters:
• Dr. Rami Khayat,
o Professor of Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry and Human Behavior
o Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship Program
o Medical Director, UCI Sleep Disorders Center
• Shahrokh Javaheri, MD
o Medical Director, Sleep Laboratory, Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
o Professor Emeritus, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati
o Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Ohio State University

Objectives:
• Review the pathophysiology of CSA, with a focus on CSA in heart failure patients
• Clarify clinical outcomes of patients with CSA
• Review available therapeutic options for treating CSA

CEC Credit(s): 1.0

Length: 1 hour and 9 minutes

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Join us for a pre-recorded web course discussing Central Sleep Apnea as well as the clinical evidence for phrenic nerve stimulation.
Topics include:

• CSA pathophysiology and prevalence
• How phrenic nerve stimulation therapy works in stabilizing breathing
• Appropriate patients for phrenic nerve stimulation
• Clinical results at 6, 12 and 18 months

Presenters:

Dr. Alan Schwartz

• Professor of Medicine, ret. (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
• Clinical Associate Professor (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)
• Profesor Extraordinario Visitante (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima PERU)
• Former medical director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research and Education

Dr. Robin Germany

• Chief Medical Officer of Respicardia
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Oklahoma

CEC Credit(s): 1.0

Length: 52 minutes