Learning objectives
After completing this module, participants should be better able to understand:
- The basics of left ventricular assist devices
- Selection procedures for cardiac transplantation
- Long-term management post-transplant
- Revascularisation, surgical ventricular restoration and valve surgery
- What is meant by palliative care for patients with heart failure
- How to overcome recognised barriers to a palliative approach to care for patients with heart failure
- The principles of symptom control in patients with heart failure
Faculty
Dr Joe Cuthbert, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, Hull York Medical School.
In association with Professor Andrew Clark, Chair in Clinical Cardiology, Hull York Medical School
Original faculty
Professor Andrew Clark, Chair in Clinical Cardiology, Hull York Medical School
Dr Andrew Morley-Smith, Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Professor John Pepper, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Amy Gadoud, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School
Professor Miriam Johnson, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School
Accreditation
2 CPD/CME credits, 2 hours
BJC Learning has assigned one and a half hours of CPD/CME credit to this module
Endorsed by:
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British Society for Heart Failure www.bsh.org.uk |
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