What you'll learn in this expert session
New options are becoming available to treat the increasingly common condition - cardiac failure. In this presentation, Cardiologist Prof Andrew Sindone will bring clinicians up-to-date on what are the latest, evidence-based recommendations for the assessment, investigation and treatment of cardiac failure and how these advances are improving health outcomes for patients with this condition.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognise the increasing burden of disease from heart failure (HF)
- Identify the common comorbidities and complications of HF
- Outline the current key pharmacological treatments in the management of HF
- Summarise the medical treatment of common symptoms arising from HF
About the Expert
Prof Andrew Sindone
Prof Andrew Sindone is a practicing Cardiologist with private practice in Ryde and Westmead. He is the Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Concord Hospital and Visiting Cardiologist at Ryde Hospital.
He trained in internal medicine at Concord Hospital and cardiology at St Vincent’s Hospital where he did his doctorate. He has a long history of cardiovascular research having presented over one hundred research papers both nationally and internationally. He has been principal investigator in more than 35 international multi-centre research trials and continues to research the areas of heart failure and cardiac rehabilitation. He is an advisor to the NSW Ministry of Health, as well as being co-author of the Australian Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure.
Course curriculum
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How to complete this course
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Instructions
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Cardiac Failure – New Management Advice
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Summary and learning objectives
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Video lecture (25 mins)
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Quiz: test your learning (10 mins)
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Document your CPD here
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CPD Documentation and Reflection Activity Tool
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Feedback
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Please let us know your thoughts
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