Heart Failure - Treatments and challenges

Presenter Biographies

Dr Paul Hanlon

Paul is a GP partner at Nightingale Valley Practice in Bristol and has a special interest in Cardiology. He started his career as a physicist and completed a PhD in space plasma physics at Imperial College London before going on to study medicine in Wales and then training as a GP in the North West.

Dr Yasmin Ismail

Yasmin is a Consultant Cardiologist at Bristol Heart Institute and Lead for Community Heart Failure, BNSSG.

Overview

This webinar lasts approximately 60 minutes and covers the following:

• Important definitions. 
• Diagnosis of heart failure.
• The four pillars of heart failure therapy.
• Challenges.
• Heart failure reviews in primary care/QOF.
• Frequently asked questions.
• Developments in heart failure management.

Topics covered