This video is part of an educational series of 4 lectures focussed on The Essentials to know about HFpEF. In this module Prof. Adriaan Voors provides a general overview on the history, epidemiology and prognosis of HFpEF

Educational information

This educational video is the first part of a series called "HFpEF: The essentials to know" that are aimed to give cardiologists and other health care professionals involved in the management of heart failure a well-balanced expert view on the current state of the art about the disease.

This recording was developed under auspices of PACE-cme in collaboration with IPCCS. Views expressed in the recording are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of PACE-cme or IPCCS.

Other topics covered in this series

Other lectures part of this educational series are:

• What is HFpEF & How do we make the diagnosis? - Prof. Barry Borlaug, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
• What are the most likely pathophysiological mechanisms involved in HFpEF? - Prof. Carolyn S.P. Lam, MD, National Heart Centre Singapore
• Current and future clinical approaches to manage HFpEF - Prof. Burkert Pieske, MD, Charité University Medicine and German Heart Center, Berlin, Germany

Faculty

Adriaan Voors, MD, is Professor of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands. He is specialized in heart failure. Currently, Professor Voors is Director of the Heart Failure Clinic and the Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center Groningen.

Disclosures

This educational series is funded by an unrestricted educational grant provided by Novartis.