Congestive heart failure: treating failure (fl initial autonomous practice - differential diagnosis )

Course overview

Objectives After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to: Describe the circulation of blood through the healthy heart. Explain how left-sided Heart Failure develops. Compare and contrast the presentation of left-sided Heart Failure to that of right-sided Heart Failure. List the symptoms of Biventricular Heart Failure. Summarize how the heart and body attempt to compensate for the failing heart. List the tools and tests used for the diagnosis of Heart Failure. Describe the Framingham Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria. State the associated symptoms of acute Heart Failure. Explain what happens to the heart anatomically in cardiac remodeling. Differentiate Sudden Cardiac Death from Progressive Cardiac Pump Failure. Describe the acute dysrhythmias that are associated with Heart Failure.