Session 2: Summary

On Wednesday January 27th our second sucessful Webinar took place with over 30 participants joining us from various sites throughout Canada.

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 #3. Please submit completed evaluation forms by Tuesday February 2, 2010.

Session #2 Evaluation Form

We are looking forward to the third webinar in the series titled Transition of AHF to home and Chronic HF which will take place on February 10th, 2010 at 12pm (Eastern).

Session 2: Webinar Audio File

Session 2 Treatment of AHF Webinar (with Audio). Please note the file will take a moment to load.

Session 2: Slide Kit

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Session #2: Treatment of AHF Powerpoint presentation

Session #2: Treatment of AHF Powerpoint presentation

Session 2: 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

Effects of Oral Tolvaptan in Patients Hospitalized for Worsening Heart Failure- The EVEREST Outcome Trial. Jama 2007.

Standardizing care for acute decompensated heart failure in a large megatrial: The approach for the Acute Studies of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Subjects with Decompensated Hearrt Failure (ASCEND-HF). AHJ 2009.

Short-term Intravenous Milrinone for Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Heart Failure. A Randomized Controlled Trial. OPTIME-CHF. Jama 2002.

Intravenous Nesiritide vs Nitroglycerin for Treatment of Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Jama 2002.