title: The T.O.S.CA. Project: research, education and care.
abstract: Despite recent and exponential improvements in diagnostic-therapeutic pathways, an existing "GAP" has been revealed between the "real world care" and the "optimal care" of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We present the T.O.S.CA. Project (Trattamento Ormonale dello Scompenso CArdiaco), an Italian multicenter initiative involving different health care professionals and services aiming to explore the CHF "metabolic pathophysiological model" and to improve the quality of care of HF patients through research and continuing medical education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Scuola Medica Salernitana, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bossone
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Limongelli
authors.forename: Graziella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malizia
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vriz
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Citro
authors.forename: Alberto Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arcopinto
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bobbio
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sirico
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caliendo
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ballotta
authors.forename: Antonello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Andrea
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frigiola
authors.forename: Jorgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Isgaard
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saccà
authors.forename: Cittadini
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antonio
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005062:European Union; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011203:Poverty; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D059039:Standard of Care