Session 1: Summary

Over 30 participants were able to join us from various sites throughout Canada.

The topics discussed included how to use the history and physical exam, biomarkers and imaging in the diagnosis of acute heart failure.

Please take a few moments to complete the evaluation form below to provide us with your comments about how we can further refine our program in preparation for webinar #2. Please submit completed evaluation forms by Tuesday January 19th, 2010.

Session #1 Evaluation Form

We are looking forward to the second webinar in the series which will take place on Jan 27, 2010 at 12pm (Eastern).

The topics to be addressed include the treatment of acute heart failure focusing on the use of diuretics, old and new therapies and what to expect with these medications.

Session 1: Webinar Audio File

Session 1 Make the Diagnosis: Acute Heart Failure Webinar (with Audio). Please note the file will take a moment to load.

Session 1: Slide Kit

Information about PowerPoint slides

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Session #1: Making the Diagnosis: Acute Heart Failure Powerpoint presentation

Session #1: Making the Diagnosis: Acute Heart Failure Powerpoint presentation

Session 1: Supplementary Readings

2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference guidelines on heart failure, update 2009: Diagnosis and management of right-sided heart failure, myocarditis, device therapy and recent important clinical trials

N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Testing Improves the Management of Patients with Suspected Acute Heart Failure: Primary Results of the canadian Prospective Randomized Multicenter IMPROVE-CHF Study. Circ 2007

Predicting Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, Derivation and Validation of a Clincial Model. Jama 2003

Natriuretic Peptides. JACC 2007

A validated clinical and biochemical score for the diagnosis of acute heart failure: The ProBNP Investigation of Dyspnea in the Emergency Department (PRIDE) Acute Heart Failure Score. AHJ 2006

The Seattle Heart Failure Model. Prediction of survival in Heart Failure