title: [Heart failure: old syndrome, new concepts and nurse's role].
abstract: Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) has been cause of increasing concern in the world, face its progressive prevalence and incidence and its social and economic repercussion, pointing to the need of revision of the syndrome concept and adoption of measures to reduce its economical and social costs. The objective of this study is to contextualize the comprehension of the physiopathology and the treatment of CHF and the nursing interventions to patients with this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem - FCM Universidade Estadual de Campinas - SP. mcarol124@fcm.unicamp.br
authors.forename: Maria Carolina Salmora
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gallani
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011788:Quality of Life; D013577:Syndrome