Heart Failure
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
A Race Against Time: Accelerating the Adoption of GDMT in Heart Failure
- Not accredited
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Learning objectives
- Recall guideline recommendations for the use of NT-proBNP in heart failure
- Describe current practices in heart failure diagnosis and the impact on treatment outcomes
- Develop an optimised approach to the timely diagnosis and management of heart failure
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
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
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.
