The NHLBI Task Force on Research in Heart Failure assessed the current state of research and recommended future approaches in basic, clinical, population-based research, and treatment.
In 1992, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insti- tute (NHLBI) convened a Task Force on Re- search in Heart Failure composed of national experts in basic, clinical, and population-based research on this condition.The task force's charge was to assess the current state of research on heart failure and recommend future research approaches that are likely to lead to improved management or prevention of heart failure and, thereby, improved health for all Americans by the end of the decade.The task force presents its overall findings in the following summary that they prepared, highlighting especially promising areas for future research.Research accomplishments and specific recommendations in each of four major areas addressed by the task force-basic research, clinical research, population-based studies, and treatment-are de- scribed more fully in the main report.
Claude Lenfant (Thu,) conducted a review in Heart failure. The NHLBI Task Force on Research in Heart Failure assessed the current state of research and recommended future approaches in basic, clinical, population-based research, and treatment.