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Toggle navigation Login Login Cart Cart Contact Us Search Previous Next Upcoming Events About the , Inc. In the spring of 1994, a small group of academic cardiologists gathered in New York to discuss the formation of a society that would focus on heart failure. This group had long recognized that the disease was on the rise; yet there was no venue for researchers, trainees, and clinicians to gather to discuss new treatments, research results, and the rise in health care costs associated with heart failure. A society dedicated to heart failure would bring together health care professionals, including researchers, physicians, nurses and other allied health care professionals, to learn more about the mechanisms of the disease, how best to treat patients, play a role in reducing health care costs, etc. The meeting led to the incorporation of the , Inc. The , Inc. (HFSA) represents the first organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient care. The Mission of HFSA Promote research related to all aspects of heart failure and to provide a forum for presentation of basic, clinical, and population-based research. Educating health care professionals through programs, publications, and other media in the areas of basic science, clinical medicine, patient management, and social, ethical and economic issues to enable them to diagnose and treat heart failure and concomitant medical conditions more effectively. Encourage primary and secondary preventive measures to reduce the incidence of heart failure; to serve as a resource for government, private industry, and health care providers to facilitate the establishment of programs and policies that will better serve the patient. Enhance quality and duration of life in those with heart failure. Promote and facilitate the formal training of physicians, scientists, and allied health care providers in the field of heart failure. © 2020 Digitell, Inc. All Rights Reserved Privacy Center × Shopping Cart Item Price Remove Checkout...