This report will be a thorough assessment of the current and emerging clinical practice, products and systems for the prevention, screening, diagnosis and management of heart failure. The Report will detail the incidence and prevalence of heart failure, projecting the trend as a result of demographics, intervention or other changes to the population of patients. The Report will detail the current approaches applied by physicians (primary care & cardiologists) and healthcare systems to heart failure. The report will accordingly address clinician and system approaches, detailing the practices, products, and services in use and under development. Products addressed will include monitoring, medicines/drugs and devices. The Report will provide a detailed review of heart failure programs in place through disease management companies, and hospital, home care and outpatient programs. The Report will detail the status of research at a representative number of hospitals toward improving heart failure programs. The report will detail the current and projected market for products in heart failure management encompassing diagnostics, monitoring products, drugs/medicines and devices, with breakdown at these major category levels.