Cedars-Sinai Opens Doors of Advanced Heart Failure Unit

By Editorial Staff, Cardiovascular Business

The Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles will provide a team-based approach to managing and treating heart failure with its 350-bed in-patient advanced heart failure unit.

In the new unit, physicians will use a multidisciplinary approach—social workers, physical therapists, nutritionists, physicians and nurses—to treat heart failure in combination with enhanced patient educations to prevent hospital readmissions.

According to Cedars-Sinai, the HF unit is the first in the state of California and will provide care to patients with advanced congestive HF or those waiting for a heart transplant.

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