Heart failure (HF) constitutes the growing cardiovascular burden and the major public health issue, but comprehensive statistics on HF epidemiology and related management in Europe are missing. The Heart Failure Association (HFA) Atlas has been initiated in 2016 in order to close this gap, representing the continuity directly rooted in the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas of Cardiology. The major aim of the HFA Atlas is to establish a contemporary dataset on HF epidemiology, resources and reimbursement policies for HF management, organization of the National Heart Failure Societies (NHFS) and their major activities, including education and HF awareness. These data are gathered in collaboration with the network of NHFS of the ESC member and ESC affiliated countries. The dataset will be continuously improved and advanced based on the experience and enhanced understanding of data collection in the forthcoming years. This will enable revealing trends, disparities and gaps in knowledge on epidemiology and management of HF. Such data are highly needed by the clinicians of different specialties (aside from cardiologists and cardiac surgeons), researchers, healthcare policy makers, as well as HF patients and their caregivers. It will also allow to map the snapshot of realities in HF care, as well as to provide insights for evidence-based health care policy in contemporary management of HF. Such data will support the ESC/HFA efforts to improve HF management ant outcomes through stronger recommendations and calls for action. This will likely influence the allocation of funds for the prevention, treatment, education and research in HF.

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心力衰竭协会地图集：基本原理，目标和方法。

心力衰竭（HF）构成了日益严重的心血管负担和主要的公共卫生问题，但欧洲缺少有关HF流行病学和相关管理的综合统计资料。为了弥合这一差距，心力衰竭协会（HFA）地图集于2016年成立，代表着直接源自欧洲心脏病学会（ESC）心脏病学地图集的连续性。《 HFA图集》的主要目的是建立有关HF流行病学，HF管理资源和报销政策，国家心力衰竭学会（NHFS）组织及其主要活动（包括教育和HF意识）的当代数据集。这些数据是与ESC成员和ESC附属国家的NHFS网络合作收集的。数据集将基于未来几年的经验和对数据收集的增强理解而不断改进和发展。这将有助于揭示有关流行病学和HF管理的知识的趋势，差距和差距。除心脏病专家和心脏外科医生之外，不同专业的临床医生，研究人员，医疗保健政策制定者以及HF患者及其护理人员都非常需要此类数据。它还将允许绘制HF护理现状的快照，并为HF当代管理中基于证据的保健政策提供见解。这些数据将通过更强有力的建议和行动呼吁，支持ESC / HFA改善HF管理蚂蚁成果的努力。这很可能会影响预防，治疗，