Never before has the field of heart failure seen such accelerated advancements in
medical and device therapies. The expansion of knowledge, albeit progressively over
the last 5 decades with more rapid recent advances, provides heart failure specialists
with a multitude of treatment options supported by a strong foundation of evidence.
Nonetheless, the concurrent increasing prevalence of heart failure challenges the
cardiology workforce to provide adequate care. Recently, the Journal of Cardiac Failure featured an article by Chuzi and Reza
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highlighting the need to cultivate interest in heart failure careers, rightfully
suggesting the need to strengthen the advanced heart failure workforce. However, as
it stands, heart failure is still an all-consuming cardiovascular disease, advancing
much faster than the advanced heart failure workforce can handle. In addition, many
advanced heart failure and transplant training programs remained unfilled to date.
Thus, the need for dedicated specialized training to achieve the demanding competencies
of heart failure may require further strategic development of training programs to
manage preventive, early, and symptomatic heart failure stages.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 31, 2021
Accepted:
November 24,
2021
Received in revised form:
November 23,
2021
Received:
September 26,
2021
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