The Ethics of Heart Failure Care in the Older Adult (9 Nov 2026)
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RSS Feed In this episode, Dr Otite Akpovona speaks with Dr Pamela Brown about some of the ethical sides of heart failure, especially in the care of heart failure in the older population. They discuss treatments to offer, how this treatment should be offered, and a reminder to trainees that the patient should always remain at the centre of care at all times.
Dr Pamela Brown is a Consultant Cardiologist at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. Her subspeciality interests are Cardiac MRI, echocardiography and heart disease in pregnancy, heart failure and heart valve disease. She trained at the University of Newcastle and completed speciality training in the Northern Deanery. She completed her MD in 2020 at the University of Manchester with her thesis titled: Cardiac MRI based risk stratification in dilated cardiomyopathy.
Dr Otite Akpovona is an Internal Medicine trainee at James Cook University Hospital and is a member of the Trainees and Members' Committee (T&MC) at the RCPE.
Recording date: 14 August 2026
Useful Links
Felker, et al, 'Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure', NEJM (2011) .
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