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European Journal of Heart Failure 2007 9(2):113-117; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.05.005
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© 2007 European Society of Cardiology

Disease management programs for heart failure: Not just for the ‘sick’ heart failure population

Ken McDonald*, Carmel Conlon and Mark Ledwidge

Heart Failure Unit, St Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 230 4629; fax: +353 1 230 4639. E-mail address: kenneth.mcdonald{at}ucd.ie


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The development of disease management programs has been a major advance in heart failure care, bringing about significant improvements for the heart failure population, with reduction in readmission, better use of guideline therapy and improved survival. However, at present, the majority of such programs focus their attention only on the sicker segment of this population, with little application of this important service to the broader heart failure population, where potentially benefits may be even more impressive. This has led to an imbalance in the care of patients with heart failure, where aspects of management such as regular structured review and education are preferentially given to the group at the later stages of the natural history of the syndrome. This paper argues for a far wider application of the disease management program concept in heart failure care so as to bring the benefits of specialist care, patient education and follow-up to patients at an earlier stage in the natural history of heart failure.

Received December 21, 2005;
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