Executive Summary: HFSA 2006 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline
Abstract
Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome characterized by high mortality, frequent hospitalization, reduced quality of life, and a complex therapeutic regimen. Knowledge about HF is accumulating so rapidly that individual clinicians may be unable to readily and adequately synthesize new information into effective strategies of care for patients with this syndrome. Trial data, though valuable, often do not give direction for individual patient management. These characteristics make HF an ideal candidate for practice guidelines. The 2006 Heart Failure Society of America comprehensive practice guideline addresses the full range of evaluation, care, and management of patients with HF.
Key Words: Heart failure, Practice guidelines
The document should be cited as follows: Adams, KF, Lindenfeld J, Arnold JMO, Baker DW, Barnard DH, Baughman KL, Boehmer JP, Deedwania P, Dunbar SB, Elkayam U, Gheorghiade M, Howlett JG, Konstam MA, Kronenberg MW, Massie BM, Mehra MR, Miller AB, Moser DK, Patterson JH, Rodeheffer RJ, Sackner-Bernstein J, Silver MA, Starling RC, Stevenson LW, Wagoner LE. Executive Summary: HFSA 2006 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline. J Cardiac Failure 2006;12:10–38.A copy of the HFSA Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline can be found at www.onlinejcf.com.
PII: S1071-9164(05)01378-3
doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.12.001
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