The Heart Failure Policy Network is an independent, multidisciplinary platform of healthcare professionals, advocacy groups and policymakers from across Europe.
We aim to raise awareness of the unmet needs surrounding heart failure and its care, and to help drive meaningful changes in policy and practice.
Find out moreWe speak to HFPN member Winfried Klausnitzer, who is Founder and Chair of patient organisation Herzschwäche Deutschland e.V. (Heart Failure Germany).
The Hungarian Society of Cardiology Working Group on Heart Failure and Myocardial Diseases, with support from the HFPN, hosted an event to launch a policy submission on opportunities to reduce the burden of heart failure in Europe.
We speak to HFPN member Dr Teresa Castiello, who is a consultant cardiologist at the Homerton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the UK.
Affecting at least 15 million adults in Europe, heart failure is a common but complex clinical syndrome that occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet body’s needs.
Its prevalence is expected to rise due to population ageing and improved survival rates for other long-term conditions, including cardiovascular diseases.
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