Applying Guideline-Recommended and Recent Evidence-Based Therapies in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure
 
Release Date: April 17, 2017
Last Reviewed: March 19, 2017
Expiration Date: April 17, 2018
Time to Complete Activity: 1.0 hour
​*This activity expired for credit on April 17, 2018 and is no longer available for credit
 
Faculty
Mark E. Dunlap, MD
Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Director, Heart Failure Section
Heart and Vascular Center
The MetroHealth System
Cleveland, OH
 
Herb Patterson, PharmD
Professor of Pharmacy
Research Professor of Medicine
Eshelman School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

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In collaboration with the Hospital Quality Foundation.

Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of physicians specializing in cardiology, interventional cardiology, heart failure, internal medicine, hospital medicine, pulmonary medicine, emergency medicine, and primary care. This activity will also be of benefit to nurse practitioners, PAs, and other clinicians interested in the management of chronic heart failure.
 
Learning Objectives
Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
  • Describe the underlying pathophysiology of chronic heart failure, including differentiation between heart failure with reduced or preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
  • Review the 2013 ACCF/AHA heart failure guidelines and the basis for the recommendations along with the 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA update to the guidelines.
  • Describe the background information supporting the 2016 guideline update including mechanisms of action, clinical evidence for, and appropriate use of newer heart failure therapies.
     
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction to Chronic Heart Failure
Chapter 2: Pathophysiology of Chronic Heart Failure 
Chapter 3: Guideline Recommendations for Management of Chronic Heart Failure
Chapter 4: Recently Approved Agents for Management of Chronic Heart Failure
Chapter 5: Tying it All Together  
 
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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
 
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Faculty
Mark E. Dunlap, MD
No financial relationships to disclose
 
Herb Patterson, PharmD
Grant/Research Support: Novartis; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Retained Consultant: Amgen Inc.; Novartis  
 
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