Contact Hours: 4.0

Max CEU Credits: 0.4

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of the chapter, the reader will be able to:
1. Differentiate between the common underlying etiologies of heart failure, including ischemic, nonischemic, and idiopathic causes.
2. Describe the pathophysiology of heart failure as it relates to neurohormonal activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the sympathetic nervous system.
3. Identify signs and symptoms of heart failure and classify a given patient by New York Heart Association Functional Classification and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Heart Failure Stage recommendations.
4. Describe the goals of therapy for a patient with acute or chronic heart failure.
5. Develop a nonpharmacologic treatment plan which includes patient education for managing heart failure.
6. Develop a specific evidence-based pharmacologic treatment plan for a patient with acute or chronic heart failure based on disease severity and symptoms.
7. Formulate a monitoring plan for the nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment of a patient with heart failure.

Faculty:

ACPE No:
014-999-07-015-H04

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The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy in on probation as an accredited provider of continuing pharmacy education by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Next scheduled review for purposes of restoring accreditation or removing accredited provider status: June 2009