Heart Failure Management: Optimizing the Primary Care Approach – Mainpro+

Upon completion of this program, learners will be able to: 

• Recognize the risk of hospitalization and mortality associated with heart failure (HF) even in the setting of mild symptoms and evidence-based treatment
• Apply key learnings from the 2017 Comprehensive Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure into their practice
• Assess opportunities for family physicians to optimize patient care across all phases of the HF syndrome trajectory
• Recognize key signs that trigger referral of patients to specialist HF care
• Evaluate the role of novel therapeutic options and their optimal role in the management of HF