Educational courses on heart failure

Exercise Rehabilitation and Long Term Management of Heart Failure Patients

19 September - 21 September 2013 University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

In this course, the most current evidence of the benefit of exercise training in heart failure patients, especially in the context of the long-term management, is summarized and presented with practical advice for assessment of exercise capacity and the application of exercise in different settings.

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Course directors

M. Piepoli (Piacenza, IT)	P. Ponikowski Wroclaw, PL)	J-P Schmid (Bern, CH)

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Scientific programme
Thursday 19 September
12:45 - 13:30	Registration
13:30 - 13:50	Welcome address Presentation of the two Associations	J.-P. Schmid M.F.Piepoli, P. Ponikowski
	Session 1: Acute and post acute setting	Chairperson: U. Corrà
13:50-14:20	State of the Art: From systolic cardiac dysfunction to heart failure symptoms	P. Ponikowski
14:20-14:40	Case presentation 1 Systolic heart failure, NYHA class III, patient before discharge	V. Sigurdardottir
14:40-15:00	Risk assessment (laboratory, echo parameters, clinical parameters)	M.F.Piepoli
15:00- 15:20	Optimal medical therapy	P. Mohacsi
15:20-15:50	Coffee break
	Session 2: Why and how to offer exercise-based CR to CHF patients	Chairperson: V. Conraads
15:50-16:10	Aims of cardiac rehabilitation in CHF management	M.F. Piepoli
16:10- 16:30	barriers to CR participation	D. Frizelle
16:30-16:50	Core components and standards of a CR programme	U. Corrà
16:50-17:10	Panel discussion
17:10- 17:40	Coffee break
	Session 3: Starting CR: phase I, post acute setting, in-patient CR	Chairperson: M.F. Piepoli
17:40-18:10	Case presentation II Systolic heart failure, NYHA II to III, in-patient cardiac rehabilitation in teh post acute setting	U. Corrà
18:10-18:30	Functional evaluation before CR (CPET, 6-MWT, other functional tests)	P.G.Agostoni
18:30-18.45	Panel discussion
Friday 20 September
	Session 4: Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation	Chairpersons: V. Conraads
9:00-9:30	State of the Art Causes of exercise intolerence in chronic heart failure	M.F.Piepoli
9:30-9:50	Physiologic basis of exercise training	M.Wilhelm
9:50-10:10	Endurance training: Low intensity, moderate intensity, high intensity?	J.-P. Schmid
10:10-10:40	Coffee break
10:40-11:10	Case presentation III Systolic heart failure, NYHA II to III, out-patient cardiac rehabilitation	E.Piotrowicz
11:10- 11:30	Live demonstration Cardiopulmonary exercise stress test	J.-P. Schmid, P.G.Agostoni
11:30- 11:50	How to assess the patient before CR?	U. Corrà
11:50- 12:10	Exercise prescription: How to start and how to progress training?	V. Conraads
12:10- 12:30	Panel discussion
12:30-13:30	Lunch
	Session 5: Long term management of heart failure	Chairperson: P.Mohacsi
13:30-13:50	How to assess psychosocial problems in CHF patients?	D.Frizelle
13:50-14:10	How to overcome problems of adherence	S. De Geest
14:10-15:00	How to motivate patients? Crash course in motivational interviewing	D.Frizelle
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
	Session 6: Exercise training modalities	Chairpersons: M.F.Piepoli
15:30-15:50	Strength training	V. Conraads
15:50-16:10	Inspiratory muscle training	I. Laoutaris
	Live demonstrations	J.-P. Schmid, M.Wilhelm, M.F.Piepoli
16.20-16:50	Strength training
16:50- 17:20	Endurance training in CHF
17:20- 17:50	Mobility and coordination
17:50- 18:20	Inspiratory muscle training
18:45	Departure for dinner
Saturday 21 September
	Session 7a: Meet the physiotherapists
9:00- 10:30	Practical workshop on different training modalities (you ask, we try to answer)
	Session 7b: Heart failure with preserved left ventricular function
9:00- 9:30	State of the Art Heart failure with preserved left ventricular function	P.Seferovic
9:30- 9:50	Case presentation 4 Diastolic heart failure, phase II cardiac rehabilitation	B.Pieske
9:50-10:10	Functional assessment, exercise training in HFPEF	P.G.Agostoni
10:10- 10:30	Exercise training in HFPEF	B.Pieske
10:30- 11:00	Coffee break
	Session 8: Exercise training in patients with devices	Chairpersons: P.G.Agostoni
11:00-11:20	What is special in training with ICD/CRT patients	V.Conraads
11:20-11:40	Training in patients with LVAD	I.Laoutaris
11:40-12:00	Role of monitoring and telemedicine in high risk patients	E. Piotrowicz
12:00-12:30	Summary and Conclusions	J-P. Schmid, M. Piepoli

Target audience

Cardiac rehabilitation physicians, Heart failure specialists, Cardiologists, general practitioners, Physiotherapists and sports scientists, Nurses

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