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Diagnosing and Classifying Heart Failure in Primary Care
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Recognize patients who have risk factors for HF.
- Integrate testing into the decision-making process to diagnose chronic HF and acute HF.
- Summarize ACC/AHA and NYHA HF classification criteria.
COURSE FACULTY
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Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Regional Director of Heart Failure
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
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Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Sydney Kimmel College of Medicine
Program Director
Family Medicine Residency Abington-Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, PA
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and MCM Education. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Other Healthcare Professions Credit
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