[Advances in heart failure].
This article reports on the most significant developments in the field of heart failure in the past year. Principal innovations in the management of chronic heart failure are explained, including the most important features of new management models for patients with chronic heart failure and the main advances in drug therapy and in the use of and indications for cardiac devices in these patients. In addition, recent progress in the treatment of advanced heart failure, with particular emphasis on acute heart failure, is reviewed. Novel approaches to the surgical management of patients with heart failure, including new contributions in the field of the circulatory support, are also highlighted in this update.
Comín Colet
Josep
J
Programa de Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar (IMAS), Barcelona, España. jcomin@hospitaldelmar.cat
Muñoz Aguilera
Roberto
R
Cuenca Castillo
José J
JJ
Delgado Jiménez
Juan F
JF
D000208:Acute Disease; D001243:Assisted Circulation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents