Breaking down the barriers to cardiac rehab
1 December 2022
Our expert panel discusses the barriers to referral and participation in cardiac rehab and how Safer Care Victoria’s digital cardiac rehab pilot project is trying to address these gaps in five regional Victorian health services.
Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention – long term perspective
10 May 2022
This clinical discussion is centred around 2 patient cases and explores the evidence around selection of DAPT, duration of DAPT and ways the heart team and primary care teams can optimise benefits and maximise safety. Join a cardiologist, general practitioner, ACS nurse practitioner and cardiac pharmacist as they work through these cases, compare evidence and implement practice strategies
Heart Failure and fluid restriction – when is it really worth it?
18 October 2023
In this clinical conversation, our expert panel talks about the latest evidence, pathophysiology, and the merits and implications of restricting fluid patients who are (or are not) overloaded in the acute and community setting. We hear the perspectives of a Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner, a Cardiologist, a GP, and a lived experience consumer.
The long and perilous journey to guideline recommended heart failure therapy
November 2022
With several recommended gold standard heart failure medications that have resulted in reduced symptom burden and a reduction in rehospitalisation and mortality, clinicians are required to plan, communicate and monitor complex medication uptitration regimes over many months.