The T.O.S.CA. Project: Research, Education and Care

Eduardo Bossone, Giuseppe Limongelli, Graziella Malizia, Francesco Ferrara, Olga Vriz, Rodolfo Citro, Alberto Maria Marra, Michele Arcopinto, Emanuele Bobbio, Domenico Sirico, Luigi Caliendo, Andrea Ballotta (+5 others)
2015 Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease  
Despite recent and exponential improvements in diagnostic- therapeutic pathways, an existing "GAP" has been revealed between the "real world care" and the "optimal care" of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We present the T.O.S.CA. Project (Trattamento Ormonale dello Scompenso CArdiaco), an Italian multicenter initiative involving different health care professionals and services aiming to explore the CHF "metabolic pathophysiological model" and to improve the quality of care of HF
more » ... nts through research and continuing medical education.
doi:10.4081/monaldi.2011.177 pmid:22567736 fatcat:oxtqa2wwp5hfdnicvgskeas6ra