Featured Courses
Challenges in ATTR Amyloidosis: An Expert Debate
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Comprehend the unique challenges posed to cardiologists who encounter patients with ATTR amyloidosis
- Initiate first steps in diagnosis of suspect individuals in accordance to latest guidance
- Have enhanced awareness of the disease trajectory of patients with a mixed ATTR phenotype
- Recall the limitations of existing therapies for ATTR-CM
- List the advantages of emerging classes of agents being evaluated in ATTR-CM
TAVI Head-To-Head: Design, Data and Directions for Clinical Practice
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall TAVI SMART trial data and the implications on clinical practice
- Describe novel valve designs and the impact on long-term performance
- Develop an expert-led approach to improving equitable access to TAVI
TAVI – Is Lifetime Patient Management the Alpha to Omega of Contemporary Practice?
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Evaluate the factors influencing coronary access in different valve designs
- Formulate strategies to optimise coronary access based on valve characteristics
- Evaluate the role of valve design in reducing pacemaker implantation rates and enhancing future coronary access
- Learn the step-by-step process for achieving optimum implant depth during TAVI
- Apply guidelines and best practices for achieving and confirming optimum implant depth in TAVI procedures
An Expert Approach to Cardio-Renal Protection in CKD
- 2.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall clinical evidence and guidelines for the management of CKD patients without diabetes
- Describe current gaps and barriers in evidence-based management for CKD without diabetes
- Apply evidence based-management strategies to a case study
- Use expert-led guidance to develop an optimal management approach to CKD patients without diabetes
The Advancing Management of Transthyretin Amyloidosis
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- To differentiate ATTR phenotypes based on presenting signs and symptoms.
- To select appropriate tests to monitor symptomatic ATTR-cm from imaging, biomarker, functional and QoL assessments.
- To recall how to identify disease progression across ATTR-cm.
- To describe the different disease modifying treatments for ATTR including novel agents.
An Expert Interpretation of the ESC Cardiomyopathy Guidelines 2023
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall guideline updates relevant to the use of disease modifying agents in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Identify patients who, according to guidelines, may benefit from emerging disease modifying therapies prior to septal ablation therapy or being managed by symptom control alone
- Discuss long-term management strategies for patients receiving myosin inhibitor therapy
Achieving Lipid Targets & Managing CV Risk: Reassessing our way with Statins
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall prevalence of patients who are statin uncontrolled/intolerant
- Define the additive benefit of combination treatment compared with statin intensification
- Name the non-statin LLTs offering proven CV protection
- Identifying patients with indication for novel non-statin therapy
- Initiate lipid-lowering strategies proven to lower future CV events
The Clinical Evidence Behind Pulse Field Ablation
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Identify limitations of current ablation technologies
- Recall the advantages of pulse field ablation over other technologies
- Summarise the design, efficacy and safety findings of relevant clinical trial data evaluating the efficacy and safety of pulse field ablation technology
- Compare different PFA systems and emerging technologies
- Evaluate the evolving landscape of pulse field ablation technologies
TIO 2023 – Keynote & Debate
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Compare the utility of repair and replacement valve technology in mitral regurgitation
- Individualise valve choice for aortic regurgitation based on valve durability and patient features
- Recall the utility and limitations of specialty balloons
- Evaluate emerging approaches to the treatment of complex left main and other coronary bifurcation lesions
- Discuss the impact of PCI on top of optimal medical therapy in ischaemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction
- Identify suitable patients for interatrial shunting
Available Courses
Elevating Understanding and Management of Hypertriglyceridemia
- 1.25
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Learning objectives
- Understand HTG as a risk factor for acute and chronic illness
- Describe current guideline directed management of HTG
- Recognise the gaps and challenges present in current guideline directed management of HTG
- Recall emerging trial data for novel pharmacological targets
- Use guidelines, trial data & expert opinion to develop individualised treatment strategies for high-risk patients
Examining a Complex Heart Failure Case
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Identify individuals likely to have HFpEF from initial presentation
- Refer suspected individuals for specialist assessment
- Initiate GDMT for HF as soon as patients are stable
- Initiate GDMT in HF regardless of EF and phenotype
- Initiate shared decision-making on complex HF patients with other members of the multidisciplinary team including cardiologists, GPs, nephrologists and diabetologists
Getting it Right First Time in Severe Aortic Stenosis - Key Insights for Long Term Success
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall current and predicted trends in TAVI with respect to preserving coronary access
- Consider determining factors for choosing valves in low risk populations
- Discuss solutions for maximising valve durability and haemodynamics and for treating degenerated TAVI
Hybrid Ablation – AF and Beyond
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Identify arrhythmias other than atrial fibrillation that may benefit from hybrid ablation
- Summarise the existing evidence base for hybrid ablation in IST, POTS and Brugada Syndrome
- Identify patients who may benefit from a hybrid ablation approach
- Recall existing RCT and real-world evidence supporting the use of hybrid ablation in AF
Hyperkalaemia in Cardiorenal Disease – A Case Based Discussion
- Not accredited
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Learning objectives
- Explain the relationship between sub-optimal RAASi therapy and poor cardio-renal outcomes
- Identify patients who would benefit from anti-hyperkalaemia medications
- Select appropriate anti-hyperkalaemia treatments across a range of patient profiles
- Adopt anti-hyperkalaemia medications as an approach to prolong optimal RAASi therapy
- Summarise current guideline recommendations on the use of potassium binding agents
Implementing Heart Failure Guidelines with Collaborative Care
- Not accredited
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Learning objectives
- Appraise new updates in heart failure guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT)
- Apply latest guideline recommendations to patient cases
- Describe barriers preventing early initiation of GDMT
- Identify the roles of nurses and other healthcare professionals to achieve optimal heart failure therapy
- Identify the importance of the nurse/cross-functional team
Incorporating GDMT and PRO Endpoints for Personalised HF Management
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Review current GDMT in HFrEF and HFpEF
- Describe the relationship between initiation of GDMT and HF outcomes
- Prescribe GDMT according to current international recommendations
- Recall the elements of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire
- Describe the clinical studies that support the use of functional and QoL measures in practice
- Initiate quality of life and functional improvement measures in routine practice
- Initiate SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients presenting with De novo HF and in patients already on other GDMT
- Adopt shared decision-making with HF patients
Individualising Antithrombotic Strategies for Established CAD
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Summarise current guidance for choosing antithrombotic therapy in established CAD
- Describe current gaps in clinical evidence and what is missing from current guidance
- Adopt an evidence-based approach for managing patients with ACS and CCS
Most Recent
Cardiac Amyloidosis: Emerging Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Understand the nature of amyloidosis and its effects on various organs, particularly the heart
- Distinguish between light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, wild type TTR amyloidosis and hereditary TTR amyloidosis in terms of their clinical manifestations and their different treatments
- Recognise the novel challenges of managing heart failure in cardiac amyloidosis, including both medical management and the role of devices
- Understand the critically important interaction between haematologists and cardiologists in the therapy of AL amyloidosis
- Develop an understanding of novel therapies currently in clinical trials of TTR and AL amyloidosis
- Identify their own roles and responsibilities in the management TTR and AL amyloidosis as part of a multidisciplinary team
Advancing Patient Care in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- 0.50
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Learning objectives
- Recall recent trial data for novel disease modifying therapy in HCM
- Describe the evolving guideline directed approach to managing HCM
- Develop an expert-led approach to implementing novel therapy in clinical practice