Organización asistencial de la insuficiencia cardiaca desde la perspectiva del cardiólogo
- Montes Santiago, Julio (coord.)
- Varela Román, Alfonso (coord.)
ISSN: 0304-4866, 1989-3922
Year of publication: 2012
Issue Title: Actualización en insuficiencia cardiaca
Volume: 73
Issue: 2
Pages: 12-19
Type: Article
More publications in: Galicia Clínica
Abstract
Heart Failure (HF), due to its high prevalence and high morbidity and mortality, has become one of the biggest health care problems in industrialized countries. The complex management of this pathology requires adherence to the guidelines, education and changes in lifestyle, in addition to treatment of other non-cardiac aspects. Because of that, specialized units have been created, many of them wiht a multidisciplinary approach, allowing a complete care of all patient problems. For their benefits, adequately demonstrated, the creation of these units has been included in the recommendations of European Society of Cardiology.