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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The meeting will focus mainly on practical aspects of heart failure management. Pathophysiological issues,
diagnostic tools, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, strategies aimed at improving
quality of life and cost-economics issues feature prominently on the programme.
The participants will be provided information on the molecular mechanisms associated with left ventricular
dysfunction, current national and international treatment guidelines and the latest advances in
management, including new pharmacological agents and devices.
A full session will be devoted to clinical case discussion to illustrate different aspects of management,
including treatment guidelines, quality standards, the use of both pharmacological agents and devices and
management of co-morbidities in patients with heart failure. Issues related to GP Quality and Outcomes
Framework (QOF) and Commissioners Outcome Framework (COF) for GP budget holders will be also
addressed.
The meeting has been structured to allow interaction among the attendees and the Faculty, with ample
time for questions and answers after each of the sessions.
Programme
08.15 Registration and Coffee
08.50 Introduction and welcome – Prof Juan Carlos Kaski
Session 1 Ischaemic and non-ischaemic heart failure
Chairs: Prof Juan Carlos Kaski and Dr Lisa Anderson
09.00 Defining the magnitude of the problem
Prof Theresa McDonagh
09.30 The spectrum of heart failure – Molecular mechanisms and clinical presentation
Dr Alex Lyon
10.00 New strategies to protect against ischaemia – reperfusion injury
Prof Derek Yellon
10.30 Coffee
Session 2 Tools for clinical assessment and guiding treatment
Chairs: Prof Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Prof Martin Cowie and Prof Eike Nagel
11.00 Role of echocardiography
Prof Roxy Senior
11.15 Role of MRI
Dr Sanjay Prasad
11.30 Role of biomarkers
Dr Lisa Anderson
11.45 Diagnosis in Primary Care
Dr James Moore
12.05 Questions and Discussion
Dr Denis Pellerin, Dr Raj Sharma, Dr Terry McCormack, Dr James Moon,
Dr Valentina Puntmann, with speakers and chairpersons
12.30 Lunch
Session 3 Current management and unmet needs
Chairs: Dr Hugh Farrell McIntyre and Dr Terry McCormack
13.30 Overview - NICE guidelines & New evidence since published
Prof Martin Cowie
14.00 Devices
Prof John Cleland
14.30 Cost economics of HF management – A practical perspective
Prof Nicholas Freemantle
15.00 Iron supplementation
Dr Paul Kalra
15.15 Quality of life – How to assess improvement?
Ms Jane Butler
15.30 Questions and discussion
Dr Zaheer Yousef, with chairpersons and speakers
16.00 Tea
Session 4 Case Studies: Advanced CHF – Pharmacological strategies –
Devices – Hospital /Primary Care interactions
Case studies will address different aspects of treatment and the following
issues will be tackled during the presentation and the discussion session:
• HF Quality Standards
• GP Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
• COF Commissioners Outcome Framework for GP budget holders
Chair: Dr Lisa Anderson
Discussion Panel:
Prof John Cleland, Prof Martin Cowie, Dr James Moore, Ms Jane Butler
16.20 Case Study 1. Presentation
Dr Zaheer Yousef
16.50 Case Study 2. Presentation
Dr Ian Beeton
17.20 Closing Remarks – Prof Martin Cowie
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