Task force 8: Training in heart failure and transplantation

Task Force 7: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Pulmonary Hypertension, Advanced Heart Failure, and Transplantation. SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA.

Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (http://spctpd.com), the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Academy of Pediatrics, (www.aap.org), and the American Heart Association (my.americanheart.org). A copy of the document is available at http://my.americanheart.org/statements by select...

Report of the Task Force on Research in Heart Failure.

In 1992, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) convened a Task Force on Research in Heart Failure composed of national experts in basic, clinical, and population-based research on this condition. The task force's charge was to assess the current state of research on heart failure and recommend future research approaches that are likely to lead to improved management or preventio...

Advanced Chronic Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

Heart failure CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

As a consequence of improved management in acute coronary syndromes and improved longevity of the population, the number of patients with heart failure is growing. The prevalence and incidence in industrialised countries are estimated to be around 1% and 0.15% of the population, respectively. Up to 10% of people with heart failure are at an advanced stage, amounting to 300 000 patients in the U...

Task Force 8: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Research and Scholarly Activity. SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA.

Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (http://spctpd.com), the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Academy of Pediatrics, (www.aap.org), and the American Heart Association (my.americanheart.org). A copy of the document is available at http://my.americanheart.org/statements by select...