20 Things you didn't know about european cardiac nurses

摘要

Heart failure (HF) affects more - than 5 million Americans, and approximately 50 000 HF patients die each year.1 Advanced HF (ie, New York Heart Association class 3 and 4) typically has a prognosis of less than 2 years, and the limited treatment options include palliative medical management, heart transplant, or mechanical circulatory support (MCS) using left ventricular assist device (LVAD).2 Most receive primarily palliative medical management. Approximately 2200 of these individuals are on the waiting list for heart transplant although limited availability of donor organs contributes to a low number of heart transplants.