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Expert Series: Updates on Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis and Management in FAOD
April 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Dr. Chatfield will discuss cardiomyopathy and LC-FAODs, share current research, the direction of which it is heading, and treatment strategies. She will also explore prolonged-QT and electrical issues, how this interacts with metabolic crisis, and ways for doctors to monitor the heart.
About the Speaker
Kathryn Chatfield, MD
Dr. Chatfield is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Director of the Cardiac Genetics Clinic. Her degrees are from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth College. She completed a combined Pediatrics/Genetics residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and her Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Chatfield’s clinical interests include Noonan-spectrum disorders, Marfan syndrome and related connective tissue disorders, familial congenital heart disease, metabolic and inherited forms of cardiomyopathy. Her research focus is the role of mitochondrial energy metabolism in pediatric cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
