▶ Video 4: Heart failure management

Find out more about the management of heart failure through this bitesize learning video, one in a series on the condition.

This independent video learning series on heart failure is funded by the Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly Alliance. The BI Lilly Alliance had no influence over the content.

Summary: This bitesize learning video will cover the treatment and care management of heart failure patients.

Presenter: Emil Elias, cardiac nurse practitioner and heart failure specialist nurse, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

The video will seek to answer the following questions:
• How do I manage and treat heart failure? An overview
• What are the common treatments for heart failure? For example, pharmacology, cardiac rehabilitation, and lifestyle changes
• What are the advanced heart failure therapies? For example, surgery, pacemakers and other devices
• How can I manage patient expectations, viewing heart failure as a long-term condition, rather than something that can be cured?
• What is the relevant NICE guidance and are there any other useful guidelines that nurses should be aware of?

The full series:

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This independent video learning series on heart failure is funded by the Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly Alliance. The BI Lilly Alliance had no influence over the content, selection of presenter or editorial control.

References and resources:

• British Heart Foundation: Managing your heart failure
• British Heart Foundation (2023) UK Factsheet.
• McDonagh T (2021) ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. European Heart Journal; 42: 36, 3599-3726.
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management. NICE [NG106].
• National Library of Medicine (2004) Cardiology Explained: Heart failure. NLM
• NHS: Treatment for heart failure
• Pumping Marvellous: Heart failure guide