General practitioners with an interest in cardiology
Age care physicians
Learning Objectives
This webinar is to inform and educate interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons on:
The epidemiology of HFpEF
The clinical trials in HFpEF
Why we have not improved prognosis in HFpEF despite many improvements in HFrEF
Key references:
Senni M1, Gavazzi A1, Oliva F2, Mortara A3, Urso R4, Pozzoli M5, Metra M6, Lucci D4, Gonzini L4, Cirrincione V7, Montagna L8, Di Lenarda A9, Maggioni AP10, Tavazzi L5; On the behalf of the IN HF Outcome Investigators. In-hospital and 1-year outcomes of acute heart failure patients according to presentation (de novo vs. worsening) and ejection fraction. Results from IN-HF Outcome Registry. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Feb 22. pii: S0167-5273(14)00371-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.02.018. [Epub ahead of print]
Campbell RT. Jhund PS. Castagno D. Hawkins NM. Petrie MC. McMurray JJ. What have we learned about patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction from DIG-PEF, CHARM-preserved, and I-PRESERVE?. [Review] Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(23):2349-56
Flather MD, Shibata MC, Coats AJ, Van Veldhuisen DJ, Parkhomenko A, Borbola J, Cohen-Solal A, Dumitrascu D, Ferrari R, Lechat P, Soler-Soler J, Tavazzi L, Spinarova L, Toman J, Böhm M, Anker SD, Thompson SG, Poole-Wilson PA; SENIORS Investigators. Randomized trial to determine the effect of nebivolol on mortality and cardiovascular hospital admission in elderly patients with heart failure (SENIORS). Eur Heart J. 2005 Feb;26(3):215-25
Cleland JG, Tendera M, Adamus J, Freemantle N, Polonski L, Taylor J; PEP-CHF Investigators. The perindopril in elderly people with chronic heart failure (PEP-CHF) study. Eur Heart J. 2006 Oct;27(19):2338-45
Yusuf S, Pfeffer MA, Swedberg K, Granger CB, Held P, McMurray JJ, Michelson EL, Olofsson B, Ostergren J; CHARM Investigators and Committees. Effects of candesartan in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved left-ventricular ejection fraction: the CHARM-Preserved Trial. Lancet. 2003 Sep 6;362(9386):777-81
