Keep it pumping Series – Episode 1

This is the first in a six-part series dealing with Heart Failure. The aim of this series is to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of heart failure.

In this edition, Dr Herbert Felice discusses the clinical presentation with particular reference to early warning signs and symptoms, presenting complaints, acute vs chronic heart failure and the various types of heart failure based on ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF, HFpEF) all of which has various implications when it comes to management. The primary objective of this episode is to help health care professionals identify at an early stage the clinical signs and symptoms and improve differential diagnosis.

After watching the video, we invite users to log on to www.thesynapse.net/cme and complete a set of short Multiple-Choice Questions and following this download a certificate of participation to earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.

Quiz

•  Clinical Presentation and Differential Diagnosis

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	Medical Association of Malta as representative of UEMO	0.5 Credits
	Malta College of Family Doctors	0.5 Credits