Heart Failure and Heart Valve Disease | Heart Valve Disease - Diagnosis and management in primary care

Introduction
Welcome to this second session on heart valve disease (HVD). The session will focus on the history and examination of a patient and any initial management required.

At the end of this session you will:

• be able to recognise the symptoms of HVD, the relevance of patient history, and which questions are useful in the diagnosis of HVD
• know how to examine a patient with suspected HVD
• be able to determine which investigations are useful and which are crucial
• know how to obtain an echocardiogram and interpret a technical echo report
• be able to determine which advanced investigations might be required
• know how to plan the initial management of HVD and determine which patients are suitable for referral for valve intervention surgery
• be aware of the appropriate intervals for the review of patients with HVD
• understand the core components of community cardiology services