International Circulation:Heart failure clinic seems a promising approach to meet the challenge of reducing mortality and re-hospitalization rates of heart failure. Could you talk about the components， operation， function and goals of HF clinics? What is the reality of HF clinics in US?

《国际循环》: 心衰诊所似乎是能满足低心衰病死率和再入院要求很有希望的方法。您能谈谈心衰诊所的组成、操作和功能和目标吗？美国心衰诊所的现状如何？

Christopher O’Connor: I think it is a promising approach to some of these issues.  Heart failure clinics that help with the management of the disease are very important because they can detect and function in a way to detect early decompensation.  Our heart failure clinics are run by nurse practitioners who are trained to provide surveillance 24/7 for a large cohort of patients.  That means when a patient is beginning to decompensate they can begin getting intervention and get to a clinic.  This can prevent some of the more catastrophic hospitalizations where patients are sicker and have gone further down the line in terms of deterioration.

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