Cardiology · Advanced

Chronic heart failure: diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation

Systematize the management of patients with chronic heart failure: from early diagnosis and treatment selection to rehabilitation — based on current guidelines and real clinical case studies.

36academic hours

Advancedlevel

Distance learningmode of study

Course curriculum

Definition of chronic heart failure
General information on epidemiology worldwide and in Russia
Etiology of chronic heart failure
Main causes of chronic heart failure development
Classifications of chronic heart failure
Formulation of the clinical diagnosis of chronic heart failure
Stages according to Vasilenko-Strazhesko-Lang
The ShOKS scale (clinical condition assessment scale)
Statistical registration of patients with chronic heart failure in the outpatient service
Clinical presentation of chronic heart failure
Main symptoms and signs of chronic heart failure
Case analysis - an example of differential diagnosis of edema syndrome in a pregnant woman
Diagnosis of chronic heart failure
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Holter monitoring
General diagnostic algorithm
Drug therapy of chronic heart failure
Algorithm of therapy in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in Stage C
Starting and target doses of medications
What should not be done in chronic heart failure
Anticoagulant therapy
Statins and chronic heart failure
Acute decompensation of chronic heart failure
Diagnosis
Clinical presentation
Management strategy
Treatment options
Surgical treatment of chronic heart failure
Revascularization
Implantation
Transplantation
Rehabilitation in chronic heart failure
Stages of medical rehabilitation
Physical rehabilitation
Psychosocial rehabilitation
Scales for assessing patients' self-care abilities: EHFScBS_9, SCHFI
Dispensary follow-up in chronic heart failure in the outpatient service
Regularity of preventive visits
Recommended interventions and examination methods during preventive visits

Chronic heart failure is often recognized late, while therapy is titrated hesitantly — and the patient returns with decompensation. The course is led by specialists who work with these patients daily, so you will master a step-by-step approach to diagnosis and selection of baseline therapy taking into account ejection fraction and comorbidities.

You will build the patient's care pathway and rehabilitation program more confidently, which means encountering repeat hospitalizations less often and controlling the course of the disease more precisely at the outpatient stage.

Isaeva Anna Vladimirovna

Candidate of Medical Sciences, cardiologist

Candidate of Medical Sciences and cardiologist of the first category, combining clinical cardiology with ultrasound and functional diagnostics. Her broad diagnostic profile and membership in a professional society make her a point of reference in matters of cardiac diagnostics.

Candidate of Medical Sciences, cardiologist of the first category, member of the Russian Society of Cardiology. Also practices as a therapist and a specialist in ultrasound and functional diagnostics. Total work experience — 14 years.

Education

2006 — graduated from the Ural State Medical Academy with a degree in «General Medicine»; completed an internship at the Department of Internal Medicine at the Ural Institute of Cardiology

Professional retraining

«Ultrasound Diagnostics»
«Functional Diagnostics»
«Healthcare Organization and Public Health»
«Clinical Cardiology» (retraining and thematic advanced training)

Continuing education

Current issues of arrhythmology
Echocardiography according to international standards
Modern issues of internal medicine
Ultrasound angiology
Issues of temporary disability examination, quality control of medical care

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