Available Courses
A Race Against Time: Accelerating the Adoption of GDMT in Heart Failure
- Not accredited
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Learning objectives
- Recall guideline recommendations for the use of NT-proBNP in heart failure
- Describe current practices in heart failure diagnosis and the impact on treatment outcomes
- Develop an optimised approach to the timely diagnosis and management of heart failure
Advanced Approaches to Combined Epicardial and Endocardial Strategies – From New Consensus to Practice
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Identify patient populations who may benefit from hybrid ablation
- Summarise the existing rationale and evidence for hybrid ablation beyond atrial fibrillation
- Understand how to integrate left atrial appendage exclusion in atrial ablation approaches
- Examine key aspects of new consensus recommendations for hybrid ablation
Advancements in Triglyceride-lowering Therapies
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall the primary and secondary outcomes from key triglyceride-lowering trials presented during ESC 2024
- Discuss the current and future implication of trial results to clinical management and practice guidelines
Advancing Patient Care in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- 0.50
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Learning objectives
- Recall recent trial data for novel disease modifying therapy in HCM
- Describe the evolving guideline directed approach to managing HCM
- Develop an expert-led approach to implementing novel therapy in clinical practice
AF Stroke Prevention – Applying New Guidance in the Real World
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall the risk of ischaemic stroke in AF patients
- Compare therapeutic efficacy and risk between left atrial appendage closure and oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation
- Review European guideline updates on the use of left atrial appendage closure in atrial fibrillation
- Summarise the clinical evidence behind non-pharmacological approaches to stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
An Expert Approach to Cardio-Renal Protection in CKD
- 2.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall clinical evidence and guidelines for the management of CKD patients without diabetes
- Describe current gaps and barriers in evidence-based management for CKD without diabetes
- Apply evidence based-management strategies to a case study
- Use expert-led guidance to develop an optimal management approach to CKD patients without diabetes
Bridging the Gap in Worsening Heart Failure: Evidence-Based Approaches to Optimising Treatment Outcomes
- 1.25
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Learning objectives
- To identify high-risk patient features indicative of worsening Heart Failure (HF)
- Name validated tools for serial prognostic assessment and risk stratification
- Adopt the use of appropriate assessment tools during patient follow-up
- Recall rates of recurrent HF events and their associated healthcare costs in worsening HF patients
- Recall the clinical benefit of emerging treatments targeted to treating worsening HF
- Initiate available treatment for the tailored management of worsening HF
Cardiac Amyloidosis: Emerging Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Understand the nature of amyloidosis and its effects on various organs, particularly the heart
- Distinguish between light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, wild type TTR amyloidosis and hereditary TTR amyloidosis in terms of their clinical manifestations and their different treatments
- Recognise the novel challenges of managing heart failure in cardiac amyloidosis, including both medical management and the role of devices
- Understand the critically important interaction between haematologists and cardiologists in the therapy of AL amyloidosis
- Develop an understanding of novel therapies currently in clinical trials of TTR and AL amyloidosis
- Identify their own roles and responsibilities in the management TTR and AL amyloidosis as part of a multidisciplinary team
Most Recent
Translating Aortic Stenosis Guidelines Into Practice: Evidence-Based Decisions for the Heart Team
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Recall recent guideline recommendations for the management of aortic stenosis
- Summarise the evidence supporting TAVI across the sub-groups of aortic stenosis, age and surgical risk
- Develop an expert guided approach to patient selection and referral for TAVI
- Adopt an evidence-based approach for the lifetime management of younger patients with aortic stenosis
Revolutionising Thrombosis Treatment in ACS, SSP and AF
- 1.00
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Learning objectives
- Discuss the unmet needs in thrombosis management, MACE burden after ACS, stroke in AF and secondary stroke prevalence and consequences
- Evaluate the current standard of care for the treatment of ACS, SSP and AF and its limitations
- Review guidelines and critique current prescribing practices and the implications of inadequate treatment
- Explain the different strategies for targeting FXI and how FXI inhibition mechanisms differentiate from traditional anticoagulation therapies
- Identify emerging anticoagulant strategies and describe the efficacy and safety data from Phase 2 FXI inhibitor clinical trials as well as ongoing Phase 3 trials and potential place in therapy for ACS, AF and SSP
- Apply evidence-based anticoagulation strategies by optimising treatment decisions and addressing patient-specific risk factors