The Postgraduate Course in Heart Failure (PCHF) is an official course of the University of Zurich leading to a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Heart Failure, CAS UZH.
The Sixth Edition will start in March 2024.
Around the world, the international PCHF alumni network expands steadily, with more than 320 international PCHF Alumni who are contributing to the advances in the Heart Failure in addition to the growing list of international services & publications on heart failure.
PCHF learning objectives are based on the current ESC HFA Core Curriculum, and covers:
Diagnosis and investigation of chronic heart failure
Medical treatment of heart failure
Diagnosis and treatment of co-morbidities
Monitoring of heart failure patients
Cardiac imaging
Device therapy for heart failure (including ICD and CRT therapy)
Acute and advanced heart failure management
1. PCHF
2014- 2015
2. PCHF
2016 - 2017
3. PCHF
2018 - 2019
4. PCHF
2020 - 2021
The PCHF is the best way to generate a new kind of HF specialist. The world-recognised faculty, the rotations in a center of excellence and the interaction between experts and alumni make it a unique experience. As an alumni of the first edition, I can attest that the PCHF enriched my professional life forever and today its influence crosses borders and has generated a new paradigm in the management of HF in my country.
Antonio Magaña Serrano, México MD, FACC
I had the wonderful privilege of attending the second PCHF course. The benefits for me stretched far beyond a mere increase in knowledge. Not only did I get to meet a diverse bunch of dynamic future leaders of Cardiology, I met wonderful peers willing to engage, collaborate and share ideas. It has certainly sparked a renewed energy within me and a drive to promote research and teaching in the realm of heart failure in Africa. I have since completed my Fellowship in Congenital Heart Disease and aim to focus on the management of heart failure in this cohort on the African continent.Blanche Cupido, South Africa MD, MBChB, FCP(SA), Cert Cardio(SA)
Fascinating, high quality educational course on all aspects of heart failure. It provides context to heart failure research and guidelines; it triggers the mind, and gives the possibility to create and develop international collaboration and networks among fellow young heart failure enthusiasts!Kevin Damman, Netherlands MD, PhD
