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Powerpoint Presentations

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WHAT'S NEW

New ACC/AHA Heart Failure Pocket Guidelines

SCD-HeFT Overview Presentation (Oct 05)

 

Web Resources

Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research (www.sicr.org)
SCD-HeFT Results Presented at ACC Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session
March 8, 2004 - New Orleans

Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Website ( www.scdheft.com)
Up-to-date resource information on SCD-HeFT

American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org)
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2004 Update

Medtronic Connect (www.medtronicconnect.com)
Electronic resource library with extensive educational materials in the fields of electrophysiology and cardiology.

Heart Failure Society of America (www.hfsa.org )
Provides extensive information about heart failure disease

Heart Rhythm Society (www.hrsonline.org)
Information resource on heart rhythm disorders

Medscape (www.medscape.com/resource/hf)
Medscape's Heart Failure: Device Therapy Resource Center provides in-depth information on the results and implications of this landmark trial in the treatment of Heart Failure.

CME Programs

CME/CE The Psychological, Ethical, and Economic Considerations of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillation (ICD) Therapy

CME Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure: Managing the "Wild Card" of Cardiovascular Diseasefrom Medscape Cardiology, Posted 05/28/2004

CME Prophylactic ICD Implantation in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Evidence-Based Medicine from Heart Rhythm 2004: 25th Annual Scientific Sessions; May 19-22, 2004; San Francisco, California

CME Prophylactic Defibrillators for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: The Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)from ACC 2004; March 7-10, 2004; New Orleans, Lousiana

CME SCD-HeFT: Background, Support, and Perspective from ACC 2004;

CME Heart Failure and Cardiac Function

Expert interviews and commentary

Baseline ECG Data and Outcome in SCD-HeFT from Heart Rhythm 2004: 25th Annual Scientific Sessions; May 19-22, 2004; San Francisco, California

What Do the Results of SCD-HeFT, PAVE, and DINAMIT Mean for Clinical Practice? -An Expert Interview With Eric N. Prystowsky, MD from Medscape Cardiology, Posted 04/05/2004

Implications of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT): An Expert Interview With David J. Wilber, MD from Medscape Cardiology, Posted 03/26/2004

SCD-HeFT: Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial; Gust Bardy, M.D.from ACC 2004; March 7-10, 2004; New Orleans, Louisiana