Meet our speaker: Dr Yassir Javaid

Heart failure: improving outcomes for patients

Dr Yassir Javaid, GPwSI cardiology cardiovascular and diabetes lead, Northamptonshire CCG

Talk abstract

Heart failure is very often the end presentation of the cardiovascular trajectory and historically was associated with a terrible prognosis, worse than most cancers, as well as a progressively disabling quality of life. This presentation will focus on the importance of a timely diagnosis, identifying co-morbidities and the modern pharmacological optimisation of heart failure as well as the role of device therapy to improve both quantity and quality of life.

Speaker spotlight

Why did you choose to become a healthcare professional?

I loved the academic aspects of human science and its practical application to improve health.

What is your biggest achievement in medicine?

Staying motivated to embrace lifelong learning and to become a better doctor.

What are the most important lessons we need to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic?

The importance of making every contact count.

What do you think will be the biggest challenge for our ageing population?

Addressing multimorbidity in the context of chronic disease management.

If you could change one thing about the NHS, what would it be?

More resource so we can spend more time to sort out patients.

Why is it so important that we discuss heart failure at our conference?

Heart failure is increasingly common and if not treated early and aggressively is associated with very poor outcomes, worse than many cancers. With optimal management we can add a tremendous number of years to life as well as a huge amount of life to those years.

Biography

Dr Javaid qualified from Cambridge University and completed his GP VTS training in Northampton. He has an interest in cardiology and echocardiography and was a clinical lead in the Northamptonshire Community Cardiology service, which had a focus on patients with heart failure and valve disease. He was named Pulse “GP of the Year” in 2015 for his work in reducing stroke emergency admissions in the East Midlands. He is also a council member of the British Heart Valve Society, accredited member of the British Society of Echocardiography and on the editorial board for the British Journal of Cardiology.

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