title: New guidelines for heart failure focus on prevention.
abstract: Heart failure is the only major cardiovascular disease that's increasing in incidence and prevalence in the United States. Because heart failure is a preventable disease, the 2002 heart failure guidelines devise a new staging system that expands the continuum of care to encompass prevention.
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure Center, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, USA.
authors.forename: Meriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caboral
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology