Session 1: An Evidence-Based Heart Failure Review
Date: 3/12/2012
Educational Session:

Check In: 7:15AM

7:30 AM - 1:00PM
Kelly W. Jones, Pharm. D., BCPS Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, South Carolina., Live CME Instructor for University Learning Systems
Kelly W. Jones, Pharm. D., BCPS Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, South Carolina; Adjunct Associate Professor and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Community Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. Disclosure: Dr. Jones has NO financial arrangements with any corporate organization that might have an interest in the subject being presented.

At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:

  • Discuss new pathophysiology findings surrounding heart failure and relate it to the shape of the heart. 
  • List the new American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology staging criteria for heart failure.
  • Recognize which forms of heart failure affect predominantly the elderly and gender differences in heart failure type and prevalence.
  • Identify differences in systolic and diastolic heart failure in terms of pathophysiology and approach to treatment.
  • Identify the appropriate dose and important safety considerations for medications commonly utilized in patients with heart failure.
  • Interpret historical and recent clinical trial findings and their impact on heart failure treatment recommendations.
  • Identify medications that may exacerbate and/or precipitate heart failure.