Advanced Course In Heart Failure

Open Courses
Evening Classes
Language of Teaching
Portuguese
Faculty / School
Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas
Area of Studies
Science and Health Technologies
 

Program

Class 1 | March 11, at 7pm

Trainer: Hugo de Mendonça Café

  • Epidemiology of HF
    Pathophysiology of HF

Class 2 | March 18, at 7pm

Trainer: Miguel Espírito Santo

  • Primary diagnosis of HF
    - Physical examination
    - ECG
    - Analyses (pro-BNP and others)
    - Transthoracic echocardiogram
  • Comorbidities of HF

Class 3 | 25 March at 7pm

Trainer: Hugo de Mendonça Café

  • HF specific diagnosis
    - Stress test
    - HOLTER
    - Overload tests : Overload echocardiogram, CPM, CMR
    - CMR
    - Coronary angiography
    - EEF

Class 4 | April 8, at 7pm

Trainer: Teresa Mota

  • Non-pharmacological HF Treatments - Devices
    Non-pharmacological treatment of HF - Heart transplantation
    Non-pharmacological treatment of HF - Physical exercise
    Extra HF treatments - Comorbidities

Class 5 | 22 April at 7pm

Trainer: Raquel Fernandes

  • Pharmacological treatment of ICFEp
    Pharmacological treatment of ICFEd/i

Class 6 | April 29 at 7pm

Trainer: Hugo Costa

  • Acute HF

Class 7 | 6 May at 7pm

Trainer: Manuel Alveirinho

  • A IC vista pela perspetiva do Médico de Família

Class 7 | 13 May at 7pm

Trainer: Anya Freitas

  • HF seen from the perspective of Nursing

Class 8 | 20 May at 7pm

Trainer: Alexandre Baptista

  • HF seen from the Nephrologist's perspective

Class 9 | 27 May at 7pm

Trainer: Hugo de Mendonça Café

  • Future perspectives
  • Review of basic concepts

Class 10 | 3rd June, at 7pm

Trainer: Manuela Castro

  • Clinical Cases - Acute HF

Class 11 | 17 June at 7pm

Trainer: Hugo de Mendonça Café

  • Clinical Cases - Chronic HF

Class 12 | 24 June at 7pm

  • EXAMINATION (multiple choice, 25 questions)