Reading Between the Guidelines for Heart Failure

GRAND ROUND OBJECTIVES

• Describe the initial bedside evaluation of heart failure
• Predict how the recommended therapies for HF with reduced ejection fraction might change across the stages of HF.
• Compare and contrast physiology and therapies for HF with reduced ejection fraction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

ACCREDITATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR GRAND ROUNDS

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The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 36.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

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