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The evolving challenge of chronic heart failure management

A call for a new curriculum for training heart failure specialists

Philip B. Adamson, MD, FACC^*,*, William T. Abraham, MD, FACC, Charles Love, MD, FACC and Dwight Reynolds, MD, FACC^*

^* Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Physiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Manuscript received March 17, 2004; revised manuscript received April 16, 2004, accepted April 27, 2004.

^* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Philip B. Adamson, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 920 S. L. Young Boulevard, WP3120, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 (Email: Philip-adamson{at}ouhsc.edu).

Chronic heart failure (HF) is a growing epidemic, and therapy options are becoming more complex. Specifically, device management of HF represents a new "class" of therapy that can reduce mortality and alleviate morbidity of the disease syndrome. Heart failure training programs seldom provide structured opportunities for trainees to gain competence in device implantation and management. This curriculum outlines a new approach to training interventional HF cardiologists and internal medicine HF specialists to meet the growing demands for specially trained health care providers.

Abbreviations and Acronyms   HF = heart failure   NASPE/HRS = North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology/Heart Rhythm Society

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