SMi Source lesson Cardiovascular: Heart Failure has the following microlearning topics
1. Introduction and Learning Objectives
2. Overview of Heart Failure (HF)
3. Classification of Heart Failure: Conventional Classification
4. Classification of Heart Failure: NYHA Functional Classification
5. Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria - Signs and Symptoms
6. Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria - Laboratory Tests
7. Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria - Imaging
8. Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria - Diagnostic Criteria
9. Knowledge Check: American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association and New York Heart Association Classifications of Heart Disease
10. Knowledge Check: Echocardiography
11. Knowledge Check: Testing for Biomarkers of Heart Failure
12. Epidemiology of HF: Overview
13. Risk Factors for HF
14. Knowledge Check: Epidemiological Criteria
15. AF and HF: Overview
16. Pathophysiological Cycle
17. Prognostic Significance of AF in Patients with HF
18. Knowledge Check: Consequences of Atrial Fibrillation Contributing to Heart Failure
19. Knowledge Check: The Significance of Atrial Fibrillation on Heart Failure
20. Therapeutic Considerations: Overview
21. Other Pharmacologic Therapy
22. Knowledge Check: Rate and Rhythm Control
23. Knowledge Check: AV Nodal Ablation vs. Pacemaker Therapy
Lesson Cardiovascular: Heart Failure is built from these main references. Log into SMi Source for a complete list and details.
King M, Kingery J, Casey B. Diagnosis and Evaluation of Heart Failure. Am Fam Physician. 2012;85(12):1161-1168.
Roger VL. Epidemiology of Heart Failure. 2013;113:646-659.