[Therapeutic education for heart failure: a necessity in 2007].
Heart failure is a severe illness, marked with a still too high morbidity and mortality. Therapeutic education, fundamental for any chronic pathology, is taking a more and more important place in heart failure. Its value has been proved, and its importance in the multidisciplinary management of heart failure patients has been confirmed in terms of improving the prescription of medical treatment and allowing a better quality of life. France was late to recognise this technique, but the successful development of the I-CARE programme should contribute to improving both the quality of care for patients and the understanding of this pathology.
Juillière
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Cardiologie, CHU Brabois, Nancy. y.juilliere@chu-nancy.fr
Berder
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V
Claudot
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F
Liban
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D
Jourdain
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P
Trochu
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D005602:France; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life