Heart Failure - Palliative Care

Biography

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:

• Heart failure definitions and prognosis.
• The importance of recognising poor prognostic markers.
• Predicting decline.
• Managing difficult HF symptoms.
• Anticipatory care and rationalising medicines.
• Device therapy.

Topics covered