What should the specialist heart failure MDT do?
The specialist heart failure MDT should diagnose heart failure, give information to people newly diagnosed with heart failure, manage newly diagnosed, recently decompensated or advanced heart failure (NYHA [New York Heart Association] class III to IV) heart failure, optimise treatment, start new medicines that need specialist supervision, continue to manage care after an interventional procedure such as implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronisation device, and manage heart failure that is not responding to treatment.