Preventive care in heart failure

: The heart failure is a common, costly, disabling and fatal cardiac disorder with high mortality and a continuously growing health problem in the population. The goals of the comprehensive non-pharmacological and pharmacological care programs focus on the decrease of mortality, prevention, improve the quality of life, reducing the hospital readmissions and decreasing costs. The management approach of heart failure as a chronic illness spanning the home, outpatient and inpatient settings involve multidisciplinary team care. Nurses can play an important role in any form of care. The organization of care may be different, closely adapted to the needs of patient population and the financial resources of health care. The new strategy includes measures aiming individual care for patients at high risk of developing left-ventricular dysfunction to reduce the impact of heart failure on public and individual health. Author reported the comprehensive management program of specialized heart failure outpatient clinic in Gottsegen Gyorgy Hungarian Institute of Cardiology.