ACCREDITATION OVERVIEW
Heart Valve Society 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting
April 16-19, 2025
Cairo, Egypt

Target Audience
This activity is designed for practitioners who are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of heart valve disease.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Review natural histories of patients with common isolated, pure valvular lesions.
• Discuss and review predictors of outcomes with and without surgery.
• Present and evaluate currently accepted criteria for surgical and non-surgical intervention.
• Present and evaluate currently approved criteria for use of percutaneously inserted prostheses and/or valve repair techniques.
• Discuss evolving concepts of pharmacological therapy in patients with valvular disease.
• Discuss and review current standards for echocardiographic evaluation of valvular diseases, including technical problems and their solutions.

Activity Goal
This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies:
Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, Interprofessional Collaboration, Roles & Responsibilities, Cultural / Organizational, and Interprofessional Communication.

Non-Endorsement The accredited provider verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. The accredited provider does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by CineMed and the Herat Valve Society. CineMed is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Cine-Med designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, consult your professional licensing board

Certificates: To claim your CME credits, complete the online Credit and Evaluation form using the following URL: https://cine-med.com/certificate.php?redirect=hvs2025
This is a one-time credit submission. Credits should be tracked only at the conclusion of the last day of the meeting. Participants will be able to download or print a certificate once the form has been submitted.

American Board of Surgery (ABS) Reporting: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. Claimed credits will be reported to the ABS one-time, 30 days from the conclusion of this activity. Credits claimed after the 30-day window will not be reported to ABS regardless of circumstances.