title: Team-based Care for Advanced Heart Failure.
abstract: Advanced heart failure (AHF) is the late stage of the heart failure syndrome that is associated with significant morbidity, high mortality, and rising costs that pose a significant burden for the different health care systems in the United States and worldwide. Despite advances in pharmacologic and device therapy, patients with AHF frequently require complex therapies, such as continuous infusion with inotropic agents, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplant. This article summarizes the team-based approach to care of patients with AHF and those supported by left ventricular assist devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wever-Pinzon
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 30 North Medical Drive, 4A100 SOM, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Stavros G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Drakos
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 30 North Medical Drive, 4A100 SOM, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. Electronic address: james.fang@hsc.utah.edu.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
keywords: Heart failure; LVAD; Multidisciplinary team