HFA Certification Exam Preparatory Course

This eLearning course aims to:

• Make the diagnosis of heart failure 
• Treat heart failure with medical and device therapy 
• Manage complex heart failure cases 
• Set up a multi-disciplinary heart failure team 
• Successfully pass the HFA Certification Exam 

Prerequisites:

•  Medical training: Completed medical degree and enrolled in or completed a cardiology fellowship program.
• Clinical experience: Hands-on exposure to heart failure patients, including diagnosis and management in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Core knowledge: Familiarity with heart failure guidelines, pharmacologic treatments, and device therapy (e.g., ICD, CRT).
• Language proficiency: Ability to understand and communicate English.
• Professional development: Participation in heart failure-focused courses, conferences, or research, and (optionally) membership in professional societies like the ESC or ACC.

The HFA Certification Exam Preparatory Course can be purchased by both members and non-members.

HFA Members, FHFA and ESC Professional Members save 50% on the programme fee. 

Once you have purchased the course, you will have 12 months to complete it. 

Course programme:

1. Epidemiology & diagnosis of chronic heart failure

1. Definition and clinical presentation of chronic HF
2. The role of biomarkers and other laboratory tests 
3. Multimodality imaging for the diagnosis of HF
4. Invasive assessment in HF patients (RHC, EMB)
5. Clinical cases – Chronic Heart Failure

2. Management & Clinical Trials

1. HFrEF: pharmacological therapy
2. HFrEF: device-therapy
3. HFpEF - HFmrEF
4. Clinical trials in HF

3. Acute and advanced heart failure

1. Acute Heart Failure
2. Advanced Heart Failure
3. Cases on Acute Heart Failure

4. Comorbidities, valvular heart diseases & cardiomyopathies 

1. Atrial fibrillation & coronary artery disease
2. Valvular Heart Diseases
3. Non cardiovascular comorbidities
4. Cardiomyopathies and myocarditis

5. Follow-up

1. Predischarge 
2. Monitoring

6. Preparing for certification

1. Mock test