Description
This course contains video recordings of the live lectures from the Postgraduate Course in Heart Failure (PCHF) London 2019-2020.
This module focuses on HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and its pathophysiology. Role of the renin angiotensin system, the sympathetic nervous system and related treatment targets: ACE-inhibitors, AT2-antagonists, ARNIs, betablockers, If-channel blockers, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, diuretics and digitalis. Pathophysiology of renal injury and the cardiorenal syndrome.
Arrhythmias in HF, including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardias, guidelines and indications for cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT).
How to read and interpret randomised controlled trials, device trials and registry-based trails in HF. The patient journey in HF.
The successful completion of this module awards 20 CME Credits (ECMEC®s).
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