%0 Journal Article %1 Mehrhof.2010 %A Mehrhof, Felix %A Loeffler, Markus %A Gelbrich, Götz %A Ozcelik, Cemil %A Posch, Maximilian %A Hense, Hans-Werner %A Keil, Ulrich %A Scheffold, Thomas %A Schunkert, Heribert %A Angermann, Christiane %A Ertl, Georg %A Jahns, Roland %A Pieske, Burkert %A Wachter, Rolf %A Edelmann, Frank %A Wollert, Kai C. %A Maisch, Bernhard %A Pankuweit, Sabine %A Erbel, Raimund %A Neumann, Till %A Herzog, Wolfgang %A Katus, Hugo %A Müller-Tasch, Thomas %A Zugck, Christian %A Düngen, Hans-Dirk %A Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera %A Lehmkuhl, Elke %A Störk, Stefan %A Siebert, Uwe %A Wasem, Jürgen %A Neumann, Anja %A Göhler, Alexander %A Anker, Stefan D. %A Köhler, Friedrich %A Möckel, Martin %A Osterziel, Karl-Josef %A Dietz, Rainer %A Rauchhaus, Mathias %D 2010 %J International journal of cardiology %K IMISE-Publikationen %N 1 %P 135–138 %T A network against failing hearts--introducing the German \\"Competence Network Heart Failure\\" %V 145 %X Heart failure (HF) has been identified as one of the most threatening diseases for the western civilisation, posing a risk to health for a rising number of patients. Acknowledging the medical problem of HF to be both economically and socially threatening the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) initiated a nationwide research network aiming to find new ways in prevention, alleviation and treatment of the widespread disease. The \\"Competence Network Heart Failure\\" (CNHF), initiated in 2003, bundles the scientific expertise in a large-scale research network; its aims are the coordination of basic and applied clinical research as well as dissemination of findings into clinical practice in order to consolidate and perpetuate the achieved improvements. The scope of this paper is to introduce the CNHF and to provide an overview of the tasks and hitherto attained achievements to a broad spectrum of health care providers.

@article{Mehrhof.2010, abstract = {Heart failure (HF) has been identified as one of the most threatening diseases for the western civilisation, posing a risk to health for a rising number of patients. Acknowledging the medical problem of HF to be both economically and socially threatening the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) initiated a nationwide research network aiming to find new ways in prevention, alleviation and treatment of the widespread disease. The \\"Competence Network Heart Failure\\" (CNHF), initiated in 2003, bundles the scientific expertise in a large-scale research network; its aims are the coordination of basic and applied clinical research as well as dissemination of findings into clinical practice in order to consolidate and perpetuate the achieved improvements. The scope of this paper is to introduce the CNHF and to provide an overview of the tasks and hitherto attained achievements to a broad spectrum of health care providers.}, added-at = {2014-10-14T15:28:07.000+0200}, author = {Mehrhof, Felix and Loeffler, Markus and Gelbrich, Götz and Ozcelik, Cemil and Posch, Maximilian and Hense, Hans-Werner and Keil, Ulrich and Scheffold, Thomas and Schunkert, Heribert and Angermann, Christiane and Ertl, Georg and Jahns, Roland and Pieske, Burkert and Wachter, Rolf and Edelmann, Frank and Wollert, Kai C. and Maisch, Bernhard and Pankuweit, Sabine and Erbel, Raimund and Neumann, Till and Herzog, Wolfgang and Katus, Hugo and Müller-Tasch, Thomas and Zugck, Christian and Düngen, Hans-Dirk and Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera and Lehmkuhl, Elke and Störk, Stefan and Siebert, Uwe and Wasem, Jürgen and Neumann, Anja and Göhler, Alexander and Anker, Stefan D. and Köhler, Friedrich and Möckel, Martin and Osterziel, Karl-Josef and Dietz, Rainer and Rauchhaus, Mathias}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25f5e14de9aa868e9bd1a39f796d648cd/drtester}, interhash = {8696ea2f988a7444758ecc225dc47a75}, intrahash = {5f5e14de9aa868e9bd1a39f796d648cd}, journal = {International journal of cardiology}, keywords = {IMISE-Publikationen}, number = 1, pages = {135–138}, timestamp = {2014-12-03T00:08:56.000+0100}, title = {A network against failing hearts--introducing the German \\"Competence Network Heart Failure\\"}, volume = 145, year = 2010 }