title: Disease management of congestive heart failure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article is designed for primary care physicians, cardiovascular specialists, medical directors, and other managed care administrators responsible for heart failure patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide the reader with a basic understanding of heart failure epidemiology, heart failure management, and different strategies for the management of this particular patient population.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  1. To describe the impact of heart failure on the healthcare system in the United States. 2. To briefly describe the current practice for managing heart failure. 3. To describe the evidence for care by cardiologists of heart failure patients. 4. To describe the different disease management strategies being utilized in heart failure management.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Whellan
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gattis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaulden
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Granger
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D019468:Disease Management; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents