… The reader is encouraged to consult the full-text guideline (9) for additional guidance and
details with regard to syncope because this executive summary contains limited information. …

Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem in the United States. Nearly 5 million
patients in this country have HF, and nearly 500,000 patients are diagnosed with HF for the first …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted through October 2011 and includes selected other …

… The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Field JM,
Hazinski MF, Sayre MR, Chameides L, Schexnayder SM, Hemphill R, Samson RA, Kattwinkel …

… In this executive summary, we presented an overview of the guidelines process,
recommendations, and knowledge gaps that can be translated into practice. Future efforts can focus …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted, focusing on 2006 through October 2012 and …

… The American Heart Association makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts
of interest … The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: …

… similar to the New York Heart Association functional and therapeutic classification of patients
with diseases of the heart framework. However, unlike heart disease, in which the primary …

… The reader is encouraged to consult the full-text guideline 4 for additional guidance and
details about valvular heart disease (VHD), since the executive summary contains only the …

… This evaluation may be graded by metrics such as New York Heart Association (NYHA)
functional class (Table 4.7) (Strength of Evidence = A) or by the 6-minute walk test. (Strength of …