What you need to know about murmurs and valve disease in Primary Care

Dr Yassir Javaid

MA (Cantab) FRCP FRCGP PGDip Cardiology GPwSI Cardiology

Saturday 28 November 2026

Start Time: 09:30 | Finish Time: 11:30

Course Accredited for 2 hours CPD

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Funding provided by pharmaceutical companies including a sponsored session over break time.
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Learning Objectives

Understand the prevalence of valve disease in primary care and being able to decipher heart sounds and murmurs.

Auscultation findings and when to worry
Clinical features of valve disease
What we need to know in primary care in terms of surveillance and antibiotic prophylaxis

Agenda

09:30 - 10:15

Session 1

Understanding aetiology, prevalence and deciphering heart sounds

10:15 - 10:45

Break and Promotional Presentation

10:45 - 11:30

Session 2

Management and surveillance requirements – a focus on aortic and mitral valve disease

11:30

Webinar Ends

Meet the Speaker

Dr Yassir Javaid

MA (Cantab) FRCP FRCGP PGDip Cardiology GPwSI Cardiology

Dr Javaid qualified from Cambridge University and completed his VTS training in Northampton. He has a specialist 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 also the primary care Cardiovascular lead for the East Midlands Clinical Network from 2013-2020. He was named Pulse “GP of the Year” in 2015 for his work in reducing stroke emergency admissions in the East Midlands. He is on the editorial board for the British Journal of Cardiology and a trustee of Heart Valve Voice.

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Saturday 28 November 2026

Start Time: 09:30 | Finish Time: 11:30

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