Best Practices: Opportunities to OPTIMIZE and IMPROVE HF Care CME

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Release Date: September 30, 2008; Valid for credit through September 30, 2009

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Physicians - maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the clinical presentation of heart failure (HF)
  2. Review current practice guideline recommendations for HF treatment
  3. Describe the objectives and findings of the OPTIMIZE-HF and IMPROVE HF registries
  4. Discuss the influence of providing tools that outline evidence-based HF therapies in the inpatient and outpatient settings
Authors and Disclosures

Anne B. Curtis, MD, FACC
Disclosure: Anne B. Curtis, MD, FACC, has disclosed that she has received grants for educational activities from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and St. Jude Medical. Dr. Curtis has also disclosed that she has received grants for clinical research from Medtronic, and has served as an advisor or consultant for St. Jude Medical.


Ariana Del Negro
Disclosure: Ariana Del Negro has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
 
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