Heart failure is a complex condition with high morbidity and high mortality despite significant advances in HF management that requires confident, up-to-date clinical management. This dynamic CME course delivers a comprehensive overview of heart failure care, with a focus on improving diagnostic accuracy, optimizing guideline-directed therapies, and identifying when advanced interventions or specialty referrals are appropriate.

Grounded in both foundational knowledge and the latest clinical evidence, utilizing case based learning, highlighting practice dilemmas the course equips healthcare providers with practical tools to enhance the quality of care across all stages of heart failure. Participants will gain valuable insights to support effective, patient-centered decision-making in a variety of clinical settings.

Whether you're a primary care provider or a cardiovascular specialist, this course is designed to strengthen your clinical skills and elevate your approach to heart failure management.


Learning Objectives
-Recognize the spectrum of signs and symptoms suspicious for heart failure
-Describe typical diagnostic testing essential for the diagnosis and management of patients with heart failure
-Apply appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies for patients across the spectrum of heart failure
-Describe when referral for advanced heart failure therapies is indicated

Intended Audience

This course is appropriate for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses, cardiologists, and primary care providers interested in an update on heart failure.

Speakers: grace lin, melissa lyle, Fred Kusumoto, MD