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Bridging the Gap in Worsening Heart Failure: Evidence-Based Approaches to Optimising Treatment Outcomes
- Heart Failure
Available Credit:
- 1.25
Course Published On:
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Overview
Radcliffe Medical Education, is proud to bring to you this CME accredited course which is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to identify high-risk patients indicative of worsening HF and to implement effective management strategies. Watch Dr Javed Butler (Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, US); Dr Shelley Zieroth (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CA) and Prof Gianluigi Savarese (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE) as they go through a comprehensive exploration of validated assessment tools, prognostic evaluations and emerging treatments.
Support Statement
Supported by an independent educational grant from Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Joint Accreditation and Credit Designation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of i3 Health and Radcliffe Medical Education. In support of improving patient care, i3 Health 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.
i3 Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Instruction to Participants
There is no fee for taking part in this online learning activity. Activities are designed to be completed within 75 minutes and must be completed by the registered user. Physicians should only claim credits for time spent on the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity in full in the indicated time frame.
To complete the course and claim certification participants must:
- Read the course outline information supplied and complete pre-test questions prior to starting the activity.
- Users must read and study the activity in its entirety before completing the post-test questions.
- Your results will be automatically saved and if a pass score is achieved (where applicable), you may be eligible to claim credit for the activity and receive a certificate of completion.
Disclaimer
The information provided at this CME/NCPD/CPE activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.
i3 Health requires CME/NCPD/CPE faculty (speakers) to disclose to attendees when products or procedures being discussed are off-label, unlabelled, experimental, and/or investigational (not FDA approved), as well as any limitations on the information that is presented, such as data that are preliminary or that represent ongoing research, interim analyses, and/or unsupported opinion. Faculty may discuss information about pharmaceutical agents that is outside of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved labelling. This information is intended solely for continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of these medications. If you have questions, contact the medical affairs department of the manufacturer for the most recent prescribing information.
i3 Health and Radcliffe Medical Education planners, reviewers, and managers have nothing to disclose.
i3 Health and Radcliffe have mitigated all relevant financial relationships.
Faculty Disclosures
Faculty Disclosures
Javed Butler
Speaker's Bureau: Boehringer Ingelheim, Lilly, Merck, Impulse Dynamics
Consultant: Abbott, American Regent, Amgen, Applied Therapeutic, AskBio, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Scientific, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cardiac Dimension, Cardiocell, Cardior, CSL Bearing, CVRx, Cytokinetics, Daxor, Edwards, Element Science, Faraday, Foundry, G3P, Innolife, Impulse Dynamics, Imbria, Inventiva, Ionis, Levator, Lexicon, Lilly, LivaNova, Janssen, Medtronics, Merck, Occlutech, Owkin, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Pharmacosmos, Pharmain, Prolaio, Pulnovo, Regeneron, Renibus, Roche, Salamandra, Salubris, Sanofi, SC Pharma, Secretome, Sequana, SQ Innovation, Tenex, Tricog, Ultromics, Vifor, and Zoll
Shelley Zieroth
Consultant / Speaker: Speakers Bureau / Consultant: AstraZeneca, Bayer, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cytokinetics, Eli Lilly, GSK, Janssen, Medtronic, Merck, Novartis, Novo-Nordisk, Otsuka, Pfizer, Roche, Salubrisbio, Servier and Vifor Pharma
Non-industry / Not for Profit: Canadian Medical and Surgical KT Group, CCS, CHFS, Charite, EOCI, Liv, Medscape, Ology, PACE-CME, Radcliffe, Reach MD, Translational Medicine Academy
Gianluigi Savarese
Advisory Board: AstraZeneca, Servier, Edwards, CSL Vifor, Cytokinetics, Abbott
Speaker's Bureau: Novartis, Cytokinetics, Medtronic, AstraZeneca, CSL Vifor, INTAS, GETZ, Roche, Hikma, Pharmacosmos, Menarini
Consultant: TEVA, Servier, AstraZeneca, CSL Vifor
Grants & Research Support: CSL Vifor, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Merck, Cytokinetics Servier, Novartis, Boston Scientific, Pharmacosmos, Bayer
Target Audience
- Cardiologists
- Internists
- Heart Failure Specialists
- General Practitioners
- Nurse Practitioners
- Cardiovascular Nurses
- Healthcare Professionals involved in the management of HF patients
Learning Objectives
- To identify high-risk patient features indicative of worsening Heart Failure (HF)
- Name validated tools for serial prognostic assessment and risk stratification
- Adopt the use of appropriate assessment tools during patient follow-up
- Recall rates of recurrent HF events and their associated healthcare costs in worsening HF patients
- Recall the clinical benefit of emerging treatments targeted to treating worsening HF
- Initiate available treatment for the tailored management of worsening HF
Module |
Title |
Duration |
Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Complex Patient Cases | 11m 45s | Javed Butler Shelley Zieroth Gianluigi Savarese |
| Session 2 | Risk Assessment in Worsening HF | 13m 45s | Shelley Zieroth |
| Session 3 | Emerging Therapies | 17m 42s | Javed Butler |
| Session 4 | Bridging Treatment Gaps | 11m 49s | Gianluigi Savarese |
| Session 5 | Closing Remarks | 1m 44s | Javed Butler Shelley Zieroth Gianluigi Savarese |
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by i3 Health and Radcliffe Medical Education. i3 Health 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.
i3 Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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