Heart Center: Center for Heart Failure
At the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Center for Heart Failure it is our goal to provide outstanding patient care while developing and applying cutting edge technology and treatment approaches. We utilize a multidisciplinary disease management approach to care for patients with early to advanced stage heart failure. The program performs over 1500 outpatient visits annually and is actively following nearly 400 patients.
From an educational stand-point, the program does support a 1 year fellowship training program. The heart failure fellow receives experience in both the inpatient and outpatient management of patients with advanced heart failure. The fellows also participate in a comprehensive didactic program covering all aspects of cardiology and will gain experience in the design, performance and analysis of research projects.
In addition to applying the most advanced technology and treatment to patients care, we pursue an active research program in both the clinical and basic sciences.
Clinical Research Programs:
Industry sponsored drug and device studies
WARCEF
ASCEND
RELY
MBG-312
TOPCAT
Outcomes research utilizing novel echo techniques and other clinical parameters
HAPRO – (Heart Failure in African Americans – Predictors of Outcome)
