Session 4: Evaluation

Learning objectives for webinar #4 are 1) Understand the goals of optima care for patients with chronic HF, 2) Understand the importance and impact of intercurrent illness on chronic heart failure management. Webinar #4 included 2 Case presentations and Q&A period.

Please take a few moments to complete the evaluation form below to provide us with your comments about how we can further refine our future programs.

Session #4 Evaluation Form

Session 4: Webinar Audio File

Session 4 Chronic HF Problem Managment Webinar (with Audio). Please note the file will take a moment to load.

Session 4: Slide Kit

Information about PowerPoint slides

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Session 4: Chronic HF Prombel Managment Powerpoint presentation

Session 4: Chronic HF Prombel Managment Powerpoint presentation

Session 4: 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

AF and risk of clinical events in CHARM, JACC 2006

Atrial Fibrillation is associated with an increased, JACC 1998

Diabetes left ventricular systolic dysfunction, Eur Heart J 2008

Renal function and HF, European Heart Journal 2006

Renal function as a predictor of outcome in HF, Circulation 2006

Rhythm Control Versus Rate Control, NEJM 2008