A network against failing hearts - introducing the German "Competence Network Heart Failure"

Item Type:	Letter
Title:	A network against failing hearts - introducing the German "Competence Network Heart Failure"
Creators Name:	Mehrhof, F. and Loeffler, M. and Gelbrich, G. and Ozcelik, C. and Posch, M. and Hense, H.W. and Keil, U. and Scheffold, T. and Schunkert, H. and Angermann, C. and Ertl, G. and Jahns, R. and Pieske, B. and Wachter, R. and Edelmann, F. and Wollert, K.C. and Maisch, B. and Pankuweit, S. and Erbel, R. and Neumann, T. and Herzog, W. and Katus, H. and Mueller-Tasch, T. and Zugck, C. and Duengen, H.D. and Regitz-Zagrosek, V. and Lehmkuhl, E. and Stoerk, S. and Siebert, U. and Wasem, J. and Neumann, A. and Goehler, A. and Anker, S.D. and Koehler, F. and Moeckel, M. and Osterziel, K.J. and Dietz, R. and Rauchhaus, M.
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.
Keywords:	Heart Failure, Epidemiology of Heart Failure, Molecular Mechanisms of Heart Failure, Pharmacological Therapy of Heart Failure, Management of Heart Failure, Biomaterial Banking
Source:	International Journal of Cardiology
ISSN:	0167-5273
Publisher:	Elsevier
Volume:	145
Number:	1
Page Range:	135-138
Date:	5 November 2010
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.061
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