{"id":114,"count":21,"description":"The Heart Failure Unit (HFU) of the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital is the service that treats patients with Heart Failure (HF). HF is a pathological situation that occurs when the heart is unable, for different reasons, to expel the blood that reaches it in each cardiac cycle to the extent that it should.\r\nThis unit was created in 2001 in response to the high rate of people affected by HF and the difficulty that many patients have in living with this disease and treating it appropriately.\r\nOur main objective is to inform and train patients with HF and their families, in order to improve their quality of life and provide the most appropriate and personalized treatment possible.\r\nThe Unit's team is made up of cardiologists and graduate nursing staff specialized in cardiology, and also includes professionals from other clinical specialties and the Administration field, in order to meet the needs of patients in the best possible way.\r\n<strong>What we do<\/strong>\r\n<strong>We work as a team with the aim of:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nImprove the quality of life of patients with HF.\r\nReduce the number of admissions and visits to the Emergency Department.\r\nImprove the treatment received by patients.\r\nDevelop an education, monitoring and treatment program for patients with HF.\r\nIncrease compliance with prescribed treatment.\r\nReduce the average length of hospital stay.\r\nParticipate in multicenter research studies and conduct our own studies.\r\n\r\nIn 2011 we celebrated our 10th anniversary with the publication of the book, \"Heart Failure Unit, 10 years of history\" in conjunction with a scientific conference.\r\nTo date, we have published 47 manuscripts in scientific journals in the specialty, presented 215 communications at conferences and participated in 18 multicenter clinical trials. 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