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European Journal of Heart Failure 2005 7(3):291-293; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.01.006
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© 2005 European Society of Cardiology

Heart failure management programmes: Delivering the message

Key Words: Heart failure • Treatment • Management

Received December 23, 2004;
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Treatment in symptomatic patients targets functional status, morbidity and survival. Adequate intervention requires a multidisciplinary approach. This special issue of the European Journal of Heart Failure focuses on diverse aspects of specialised heart failure management programmes. The 17 papers illuminate central issues relevant to these initiatives.

Heart failure management represents one of the major challenges in medicine and health care today. Several simple facts demonstrate the extent of the problem. Heart failure affects up to 4% of the adult population and up to 20% of the rapidly increasing population >65 years of age [1]. In individuals >55 years, 1 in 3 will . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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