OVERVIEW

Primary Prevention of Heart Failure in Women (JACC: Heart Failure March 2019) is organized by American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Important Dates:
Date of Release: February 25, 2019
Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC/ECME Expiration: February 24, 2020

Target Audience:
JACC Journal CME/MOC/ECME is intended for physicians who treat patients with cardiovascular disease.

Credit Offered:
• CME:1.0
• COP:1.0
• ECME:1.0
• MOC:1.0

Description:
The incidence of heart failure (HF) is increasing, particularly among women, and constitutes a rapidly growing public health problem. The primary prevention of HF in women should involve targeted, sex-specific strategies to increase awareness, promote a heart-healthy lifestyle, and improve treatments that optimally control the risk factors for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Learner Objectives:
After reading this article the reader should be able to:
• Identify the major risk factors and preventive targets for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in women.
• Discuss interventions to optimize sex-specific prevention of heart failure.

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