Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have a twofold risk of developing heart failure. A number of factors in ESRD patients are related to chronic heart failure (CHF). The intervention of cardiovascular risk factors in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can reduce mortality from heart disease and slow the severity of kidney deterioration. This study aims to examine the factors that affect CHF in patients with ESRD. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional analytic observational study of 49 patients with ESRD based on consecutive sampling. The data collected were primary and secondary data on ESRD patients at the Cardiac Polyclinic, Internal Medicine Polyclinic, and the Medical Records Unit Bhayangkara Hospital Denpasar. Results: In this study, it was found that most patients were in the age group ≥40 years (92%) and male gender (63%). From the chi-square test analysis, it was found that the factors affecting CHF in patients with ESRD are hypertension (HT) (p-value < 0.001) with prevalence ratio (PR) 11.19 (1.69-73.92), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (p-value = 0.008) with PR 1.72 (1.18-2.51), obesity (p-value < 0.001) with PR 6.67 (2.34-18.92), and smoking (p-value = 0.027) with PR 1.6 (1.02-2.49). Conclusion: It can be concluded that the factors affecting CHF in patients with ESRD are HT, T2DM, obesity, and smoking. The results of this study are expected to be used as an illustration so that in the future, prevention can be made for factors affecting CHF in ESRD patients.

Background: Recently in the development of the technology, the handling, and management taken for patients are increasingly complex and diverse, especially in the field of cardiology intervention. There are various interventions that residents need to know and cleanse in the field of cardiology in fulfilling their competencies before becoming cardiologists. If the intervention is not done properly, it can affect the patient safety risk or other undesirable complications of the patient. Conventional learning as one of the learning methods always seems to be used in several learning topics. In the middle of resident's hectic schedule and the competencies that must be mastered by them, it triggered the emergence of new learning methods in cardiology, especially in the field of intervention. Simulation-based learning (SBL) has a role in cardiology medicine. Thus, the present review aims to describe the conventional learning, SBL and develop a more effective method in the learning process of cardiology resident procedural skill.Method: We searched for all articles using the term "SBL in interventional cardiology, the effectiveness of SBL for cardiology resident skill, conventional learning method in cardiology medicine, SBL vs. conventional method in cardiology medicine, SBL vs. conventional method in interventional cardiology" in the title or research abstract. We did search on Google Scholar, Medical Education Journals, and Cochrane from 2004 until 2019. We also take a similar topic from the citation of the journal that included in this review.Conclusion: The effectiveness of SBL compared with conventional learning method is better in improving procedural cardiology resident skills. Given the increasing demand for procedural capability competencies that must be possessed by resident cardiology, some benefit of that learning method can be achieved from SBL especially in terms of procedural skills and patient safety.

Cardiomyopathy is defined as a disease of the myocardium that can cause cardiac dysfunction. The complication of this condition usually can manifest in heart failure, arrhythmia, and even sudden death. This study will describe a rare case of cardiomyopathy with acute rheumatic fever in children. In this study, a girl aged 11 years and 2 months with no history of heart disease was admitted to the hospital with congestive heart failure due to cardiomyopathy and acute rheumatic fever. Acute rheumatic fever is diagnosed based on the presence of carditis, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and positive antistreptolysin titer-O (ASTO). Cardiomyopathy is diagnosed by echocardiography. The prognosis of this patient is poor due to poor left ventricular function. In conclusion, patients with clinical features of ARF/RHD should be promptly treated and referred for definite diagnosis and long-term management to limit the extent of heart damage.

Virtual patient simulation (VPS) is an online computer simulation system that contains patients' clinical situation to train and realistically assess clinical abilities with supplemental animation, demonstration of anatomy, ECG tracing, etc. It can be used for teaching, learning, and assessment supports learning. Until now, it is difficult to ascertain how many VPS systems have been used today in the world, both for learning and assessment, especially in cardiology medicine field. We searched for all research using the term "virtual patient in medical education, virtual patient in cardiology & virtual patient simulation in cardiology" in the title or research abstract from 2014 until 2019. In this current review, we will describe the use of VPS for learning and assessment purposes in cardiology medicine field.Â