The 3rd Annual Dartmouth Conference on Advances in Heart Failure
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Heart Failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in adults, and is one of the leading syndromes consuming health care resources. Evidence based therapies have been shown to improve outcomes, but managing complex patients can be challenging due to associated co-morbid conditions. This conference is a unique opportunity in the Northern New England region to share the latest developments in the diagnosis and management of patients with heart failure.
Please join us at our 3rd Annual Heart Failure Symposium, "Advances in Heart Failure 2007" to be held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Monday, May 21, 2007. Again, a distinguished physician and nursing faculty will be presenting on a range of interesting topics that includes both a review of the recently published Heart Failure Guidelines as well as discussions of more advanced therapies. The afternoon breakout sessions will focus on practical aspects of heart failure management for clinicians interested in both inpatient and outpatient arenas.
The multidisciplinary program should be of interest to cardiologists, internists, hospitalists, emergency room physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses involved in the care of heart failure patients. We encourage you to register early as there is limited seating.
Alan Kono, MD, FACC
Joan Doody, ARNP
Course Directors
Objectives
By the end of this conference, participants will be able to:
- Apply new therapies for the patient with advanced heart failure.
- Recognize the importance of heart failure post-MI and the evolving therapeutic options in shock MI.
- Explain the treatment options of atrial fi brillation in heart failure.
- Discuss the rationale and role for cardiac resynchronization therapy .
- Identify potential candidates for cardiac transplantation and the evaluation process.
- Discuss innovative models for inpatient heart failure care delivery.
- Employ management strategies for the high-risk heart failure patient.
- Recognize the limitations of diuretic therapy and emerging therapies to treat volume overload.
- Explain the diagnosis and available treatments for patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.
To register for this symposium, please download the full brochure.