title: Team-Based Care for Outpatients with Heart Failure.
abstract: Management of heart failure requires a multidisciplinary team-based approach that includes coordination of numerous team members to ensure guideline-directed optimization of medical therapy, frequent and regular assessment of volume status, frequent education, use of cardiac rehabilitation, continued assessment for the use of advanced therapies, and advance care planning. All of these are important aspects of the management of this complex condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: jcreaser@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Julie W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Creaser
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Eugene C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: DePasquale
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandenbogaart
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Darlene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rourke
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chaker
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Gregg C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fonarow
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Advanced care options; Disease management; Multidisciplinary heart failure team; Outpatient heart failure medical therapy; Telemonitoring