title: Multidisciplinary Approach for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure.
abstract: Acute heart failure describes the rapid deterioration, over minutes, days or hours, of symptoms and signs of heart failure. Its management is an interdisciplinary challenge that requires the cooperation of various specialists. While emergency providers, (interventional) cardiologists, heart surgeons, and intensive care specialists collaborate in the initial stabilization of acute heart failure patients, the involvement of nurses, discharge managers, and general practitioners in the heart failure team may facilitate the transition from inpatient care to the outpatient setting and improve acute heart failure readmission rates. This review highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to acute heart failure with particular focus on the chain-of-care delivered by the various services within the healthcare system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: lutz.frankenstein@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frankenstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fröhlich
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: John G F
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cleland
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Acute heart failure; Insuficiencia cardiaca aguda; Multidisciplinary management; Transición; Transition; Tratamiento multidisciplinario