A network against failing hearts—Introducing the German “Competence Network Heart Failure”

Abstract Heart failure (HF) has been identified as one of the most threatening diseases for the western civilisation, posing a risk to health for a rising number of patients. Acknowledging the medical problem of HF to be both economically and socially threatening the German Federal Ministry of Resea...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology 2010-11, Vol.145 (1), p.135-138
Main Authors: Mehrhof, Felix, Löffler, Markus, Gelbrich, Götz, Özcelik, Cemil, Posch, Maximilian, Hense, Hans-Werner, Keil, Ulrich, Scheffold, Thomas, Schunkert, Heribert, Angermann, Christiane, Ertl, Georg, Jahns, Roland, Pieske, Burkert, Wachter, Rolf, Edelmann, Frank, Wollert, Kai C, Maisch, Bernhard, Pankuweit, Sabine, Erbel, Raimund, Neumann, Till, Herzog, Wolfgang, Katus, Hugo, Müller-Tasch, Thomas, Zugck, Christian, Düngen, Hans-Dirk, Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera, Lehmkuhl, Elke, Störk, Stefan, Siebert, Uwe, Wasem, Jürgen, Neumann, Anja, Göhler, Alexander, Anker, Stefan D, Köhler, Friedrich, Möckel, Martin, Osterziel, Karl-Josef, Dietz, Rainer, Rauchhaus, Mathias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Biomaterial banking
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular
Community Networks - standards
Community Networks - trends
Epidemiology of heart failure
Germany - epidemiology
Heart
Heart failure
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart Failure - prevention & control
Heart Failure - therapy
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Humans
Management of heart failure
Medical sciences
Molecular mechanisms of heart failure
Pharmacological therapy of heart failure
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Summary:Abstract Heart failure (HF) has been identified as one of the most threatening diseases for the western civilisation, posing a risk to health for a rising number of patients. Acknowledging the medical problem of HF to be both economically and socially threatening the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) initiated a nationwide research network aiming to find new ways in prevention, alleviation and treatment of the widespread disease. The “Competence Network Heart Failure” (CNHF), initiated in 2003, bundles the scientific expertise in a large-scale research network; its aims are the coordination of basic and applied clinical research as well as dissemination of findings into clinical practice in order to consolidate and perpetuate the achieved improvements. The scope of this paper is to introduce the CNHF and to provide an overview of the tasks and hitherto attained achievements to a broad spectrum of health care providers.
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.061