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Novartis sponsored Satellite Symposium at Heart Failure 2018 Congress
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Novartis sponsored Satellite Symposium at Heart Failure 2018 Congress
Resolving dilemmas in the treatment of heart failure
12:45–14:00 CEST Sunday 27th May 2018
Vienna, Austria
Faculty: John McMurray (co-chair and presenter), Frank Ruschitzka (co-chair & moderator); Michele Senni (presenter), Richard Hobbs (presenter)
This Satellite Symposium – Experts on the Spot session titled ‘Your questions on dilemmas in the treatment of heart failure answered’ was moderated by Frank Ruschitzka. This session provided delegates the opportunity to ask questions to the expert faculty panelists; John McMurray and Carolyn Lam, following the Novartis sponsored Satellite Symposium at Heart Failure 2018, on acute and chronic heart failure. Watch this video recording to hear the questions and discussions from this interactive 30 minute session.
It is expected that after this session, participants will be able to:
- Navigate the challenges in clinical decisions for patients perceived as having stable heart failure in light of current evidence and available disease modifying therapies.
- Recognize the high risk of recurrent events and deterioration after hospitalization for acute heart failure decompensation and understand options to optimize treatment before discharge.
- Appreciate the importance of well-coordinated transition of care between the cardiology/hospital-setting and primary care for continued optimal treatment of heart failure patients.
Novartis sponsored Satellite Symposium at Heart Failure 2018
©2018 Novartis Pharma AG, CH-4002 Basel – April 2018 - GLCM/HTF/0556
Faculty:
Frank Ruschitzka
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Learning Objectives
After this session, it is expected that participants will be able to:
- Navigate the challenges in clinical decisions for patients perceived as having stable heart failure in light of current evidence and available disease modifying therapies
- Recognize the high risk of recurrent events and deterioration after hospitalization for acute heart failure decompensation and understand options to optimize treatment before discharge
- Appreciate the importance of well-coordinated transition of care between the cardiology/hospital-setting and primary care for continued optimal treatment of heart failure patients
Faculty Biographies
Frank Ruschitzka
Professor Frank Ruschitzka, MD, FRCP (Edinburgh), FESC received his medical degree from the University of Gottingen in Germany in 1989. He specialized in internal medicine, nephrology and cardiology at the Universities of Gottingen and Zurich.
In 2001, he received the Cardiovascular Science Award of the Swiss Society of Cardiology as well as the Annual Award of the Swiss Society of Hypertension. In 2003, he was awarded the annual Gotz-Preis of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich for excellence in clinical medicine and research.
Professor Ruschitzka is President of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology and deputy editor of the European Heart Journal.