title: The management of patients with heart failure in France.
abstract: Heart failure is becoming, in France as in other countries, a major public health problem, occurring in elderly patients with concurrent disease. A general overview of the current care of heart failure patients in France is provided in this article, and some ideas about possible ways of improving the present management of heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France. alain.cohen-solal@bjn.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen-Solal
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bouhour
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thebaut
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005194:Family Practice; D005602:France; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010346:Patient Care Management