Heart Failure and Heart Valve Disease | Secondary care management of heart failure

Introduction

Welcome to this session on the management of heart failure in secondary care. In this session you will learn about  the role of secondary care in:

• the diagnosis of heart failure
• the medical treatment of heart failure
• device treatment for heart failure
• the management of acute heart failure

The prevalence of heart failure

The incidence and prevalence of heart failure is expected to rise in future as a result of:

• an ageing population
• improved survival of people with ischaemic heart disease (IHD), especially post-myocardial infarction (MI)
• more effective heart failure treatments
• incidence or prevalence of patient comorbidities including:
  • hypertension
  • chronic heart disease (CHD)
  • obesity
  • diabetes
  • chronic kidney disease (CKD)

At the end of this session you will:

• list the methods to diagnose heart failure
• state the medical treatment of heart failure in secondary care
• list the different types of device used to treat heart failure
• explain the management of acute heart failure