Severe heart failure: a focus on the quality of care.
Heart failure usually originates from conditions such as coronary heart disease, valvular disease, hypertension or cardiomyopathy. Heart failure may develop after several heart attacks as a result of extensive myocardial damage. Despite many advances in treatment for heart disease, chronic heart failure is a terminal condition with a death rate as high as that for many malignant tumours.
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life