Heart 2009;95:1036-1037
Editorials
Managing heart failure patients: when good-old-fashioned clinical care is not enough
Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
Professor Viviane M Conraads, Antwerp University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium; viviane.conraads@uza.be
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
Chronic heart failure (CHF) is the terminus of most other chronic cardiac diseases. For many patients, CHF is a dead-end road. In advanced stages of the disease, emphasis switches from curative approaches to palliation. Hence, quality of life prevails over quantity, and the major target of management programmes is to provide adequate ambulatory care to avoid repetitive hospital admissions. In this issue of the journal, Hoppe et al1 introduce a new miniature fully implantable device, which allows wireless monitoring of pulmonary artery pressure curves (see page 1091). The main purpose of such technical innovations is to facilitate the routine evaluation of patients’ haemodynamic status and to transmit diagnostic information to health professionals. Barriers that prevent easy and rapid access to management programmes might be overcome by introducing remote care. Healthcare systems, whether governmental or privately run, are increasingly promoting telemedicine and telecare. Besides a firm belief in better
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
Relevant Article
- Chronic monitoring of pulmonary artery pressure in patients with severe heart failure: multicentre experience of the monitoring Pulmonary Artery Pressure by Implantable device Responding to Ultrasonic Signal (PAPIRUS) II study
- U C Hoppe, M Vanderheyden, H Sievert, M C Brandt, R Tobar, W Wijns, and Y Rozenman
Heart 2009 95: 1091-1097.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
-
All Versions of this Article:
hrt.2008.160754v1
95/13/1036 most recent - Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
- Citation Map
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
