title: [Advances in heart failure].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar (IMAS), Barcelona, España. jcomin@hospitaldelmar.cat
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Comín Colet
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muñoz Aguilera
authors.forename: José J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cuenca Castillo
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Delgado Jiménez
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents