HFSA Board Certification Review 2021
Mp4 lectures
PDF study materials
Questions bank
Daniel Burkhoff
- Pathophysiology II: Hemodynamic, Structural, and Neurohormonal Considerations
- Diagnosis and Clinical Assessment
- Cardio-Oncology for the HF boards
- Clinico-Pathologic Correlates in Heart Failure/ Images for the Heart Failure Boards
- Statistics for the HF Board
Cardiac Transplantation
- Advanced Heart Failure: Defining the Phenotype and Patient Selection for Advanced Therapies
- lmmunology: The Basics, PRA, Sensitization, Crossmatch
- Rejection: Cellular and Antibody Mediated
- Managing Immunosuppression and Drugs
- Heart Transplant, Clinical Outcomes and Complications
- Q&A Panel I
Key Issues in HF Management
- Hemodynamics in HF I
- Hemodynamics in HF II
- Drug Therapy for Chronic HF I: Focus on established therapies (ACE/ARB/Beta-blocker/MRA/Digoxin/Hydralazine+Nitrates)
- Drug Therapy for Chronic HF II: Focus on newer therapies (Sacubitril/Valsartan, Ivabradine, SGLT2 inhibitors)
- HFpEF: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Management (for the boards)
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Management of Common Arrhythmias I – Atrial Fib and Flutter
- Management of Common Arrhythmias in HF II
- Device Therapy in Heart Failure I – Sudden Death Prevention
- Device Therapy in Heart Failure II – CRT
- Management of the Hospitalized HF Patient
- Cardio Renal Failure Interactions in Heart Failure
Specific Heart Failure Syndromes
- Specific Etiologies of HF I: Common Etiologies (CAD, ETOH, Peripartum, Myocarditis)
- Specific Etiologies of HF II: Inherited HF syndromes (including HCM, ARVC, and LVNC)
- Specific Etiologies of HF III: Infiltrative Disorders and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (Amyloidosis, Sarcoidosis, Hemochromatosis, Fabry)
- Q&A Panel II
Guest: James Fang
Shock/MCS
- Cardiogenic Shock Management
- MCS I: Durable MCS Devices and Outcomes
- MCS II: Temporary Support Devices and ECMO for the Boards
- MCS III: MCS Complications and Patient Management
- MCS IV: Interactive Shock and Device Management
Special Topics in HF
- Assessment of Functional Capacity including cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease for the HF Specialist
- Issues in Chronic HF Disease Management (Biomarkers, Remote Monitoring, Lifestyle Interventions)
- Management of Valvular Heart Disease in Heart Failure (including functional MR, low gradient AS, tricuspid regurgitation)
- Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure – Diabetes, Sleep Disorders, Iron Deficiency/Anemia, COPD
- Q&A Panel III
