Management of heart failure: current challenges and future perspectives

Acquisizione competenze di sistema:Heart failure is a serious, debilitating disease affecting more than 25 million people worldwide. Despite advances in the understanding of the disease and new treatment options, the prevalence of heart failure is increasing, and the costs associated with the care of patients with heart failure are skyrocketing. Several lines of research show that, at least in part, the increasing prevalence of heart failure and related comorbidities is secondary to poor implementation of current medical knowledge, that results in sub-optimal prevention and management of the disease. It is therefore imperative to educate medical professionals in order to promote a deeper understanding of heart failure and of its treatment.