Liver heart axis

An application for accreditation has been submitted to European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).

The liver and the heart can be influenced by each other due to different diseases. This webinar is structured into three parts:

-Part one is about heart and lung diseases/complications caused by the Liver.

-Part two is the other way around about liver diseases.

-Part three is about the special aspects that need to be considered when liver or heart transplantation or even combined transplantation is planned for a child with additional heart or respective liver disease.

Speakers: 

-PD Dr.med. Norman Junge (pediatric hepatologist, Hannover, Germany). Division for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Paediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
-Dr Juliet Emamaullee (transplant surgeon, Los Angeles, USA). Division of Clinical Research (USC), Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation (CHLA), Department of Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC/Children’s Hospital-Los Angeles.
-Dr Friederike Löffler (cardiologist, EMAH, Hannover, Germany). Department of Cardiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Learning outcomes: After attending this webinar participants will have improved their understanding of Liver Heart interaction and will be able to identify and treat these complex diseases. Furthermore, they will able to evaluate the indication of combined heart liver transplant.