For the improvement of Heart Failure treatment in Portugal - Consensus statement: Position Paper endorsed by the Heart Failure Working Group of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Nucleus of the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine, the College of General Practitioners of the Portuguese Medical Council, the Cardiovascular Dis

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• 作者：Câ ; ndida Fonseca^a ; ^{mcandidafonseca@gmail.com} ; Dulce Brito^b ; Rui Cernadas^c ; Jorge Ferreira^d ; Fá ; tima Franco^e ; Teresa Rodrigues^f ; Joã ; o Morais^g ; José ; Silva Cardoso^h
• 关键词：Heart failure ; Consensus statement ; Prevalence ; Integrated multidisciplinary treatment ; Socioeconomic impact
• 刊名：Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：36
• 期：1
• 页码：1-8
• 全文大小：549 K
• 卷排序：36

文摘

Heart failure is a syndrome with high prevalence, morbidity and mortality, but awareness of the disease is poor among the general public and policy makers. This document, which was prepared by a group of experts consisting of cardiologists, internists and general practitioners, aims to set out in detail the problem of heart failure in Portugal at several levels: burden of the disease, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. To this end, different aspects of the management of the various stages of the disease are identified and discussed in detail, covering both outpatients and hospitalized patients. In order to optimize the medical care provided to these patients, various short-, medium- and long-term solutions and strategies are put forward that have the potential to improve the integration and use of available resources. The intention is to highlight strategies that are not based on a single model but can be adapted to different regional circumstances, in order to increase awareness and improve management of heart failure in Portugal.