About & disclosures

Who makes this site

Structural Boot Camp is created by David Corteville, MD, a structural heart physician, and published by Corteville Ventures LLC, which owns the site and its original content. It is written for cardiology fellows, early-career structural operators, imagers and cath lab teams.

References to the author's professional roles or institutions describe his background. They do not mean that any hospital, university, health system or employer wrote, approved or sponsors this site.

Not affiliated with any device manufacturer

Structural Boot Camp is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by or an official training program of Edwards Lifesciences, Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic or any other device manufacturer. Teaching summaries, interpretations and quiz answers are the author's educational work and should not be attributed to any manufacturer.

Product names identify the devices being studied. They do not imply that a manufacturer has reviewed or approved this site.

Author's financial relationships

David Corteville, MD has the following personal financial relationships with companies whose devices are discussed here:

• Edwards Lifesciences: proctor
• Boston Scientific: speaker

These relationships do not make this site a program of those companies. To limit their influence, modules cover every relevant device for each procedure, cite published evidence, and are reviewed by an independent reviewer before release. Readers should consider these relationships when weighing device-related commentary. See CME disclosures.

Supplementary education only

This site does not replace current instructions for use, required manufacturer training, proctoring, supervised clinical experience, institutional protocols or professional judgment. It is not a patient-specific consultation, a procedural checklist for clinical use or a source of emergency guidance.

Quiz results reflect performance on these educational questions only. They do not certify competence, authorize device use or grant privileges. CME credit is available only where a module shows an active accredited release; see CME information.

Trademarks and third-party material

Device and company names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to identify the products and sources discussed. Third-party articles, figures, videos and manufacturer materials remain subject to their owners' rights and licenses; see Credits.