Accreditation

0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity may be submitted for American Osteopathic Association Continuing Medical Education credit in Category 2.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for primary care physicians including family practitioners and internists.

Description / Overview

Each lesson within the Disease Management Clinical Decisions series includes a related chapter from The Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project, an interactive case, and an evaluation.

Throughout the interactive case-based lesson, you may proceed to the next question once you answer each question correctly. In addition to allowing you to proceed, the correct answer also reveals the rationale for the answer.

Upon completing the CME activity, the evaluation and registration forms, you will have an opportunity to print your CME certificate for your records.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

1. List the more common causes of heart failure.
2. Define prognosis by the type of ventricular dysfunction.
3. Describe the neurohumoral elements involved in heart failure.
4. Differentiate between systolic and diastolic dysfunction.
5. List the stages of cardiac failure based on structure and function.
6. Describe the signs and symptoms of heart failure.
7. Outline the evaluations helpful in the diagnosis of heart failure.
8. Discuss the therapies and their rationale for use in treatment.

Activity Director

William D. Carey, MD
Director, Center for Continuing Education
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Authors / Faculty

W. Jean McKibben, MD; George W. Meyer, MD

Faculty Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty have indicated that they have no relationship, which in the context of their presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Estimated Time of Completion

45 minutes