Current Therapies for Heart Failure Management

Moderator: Michael W. Rich, MD
Supported by educational grants from Medtronic, Inc. and St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Learning Objectives: (1) recognize the signs and symptoms of clinical heart failure; (2) review traditional and new drug therapies and integrate current scientific guidelines into clinical practice for heart failure patients; (3) recognize the role of counseling, education, dietary modifications for patients with heart failure; and (4) describe the indications, options, and limitations for cardiac devise-based therapies in older patients with chronic heart failure.

Assessment/Evaluation of Heart Failure in the Older Adult
Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH

Update on Therapeutic Options: Achieving Optimal Drug Therapy
Richard S. Schofield, MD

Adherence to Heart Failure Guidelines: Patient Education, Medication Compliance, and Dietary Modifications
Sue Wingate, RN, PhD, CRNP

Indications for Cardiac Device-based Therapy in Older Patients: Taking a Patient- centered Approach
Raymond G. Cutro, Jr., MD, IBHRE, CCDS