Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with a heavy burden of disease for patients and
healthcare professionals. Quality of life and long-term prognosis for affected patients remain …

Abstract In The Netherlands, the incidence and prevalence of heart failure are rising as is
the case in most other European countries. Overall, there are 200,000 patients with heart …

Page 1 Full version of NICE Guideline No. 5 CHRONIC HEART FAILURE National clinical
guideline for diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care Developed by The …

Heart failure remains a common diagnosis, especially in older individuals. It continues to be
associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but major advances in both diagnosis …

Aims In heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, drug and device therapy improve
survival. We studied contemporary trends in utilization of evidence‐based therapy and …

These Guidelines are based on the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Guidelines published in
1995 and 1997 [1, 2], respectively, and have now been combined into one paper. Where …

Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents produced by Task Forces, expert groups, or
consensus panels. The chosen experts in these writing panels are asked to provide …

This article updates the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
(ESC) 2007 classification of advanced heart failure and describes new diagnostic and …

Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that normally requires health care to be provided by both
specialists and nonspecialists. This is advantageous because patients benefit from …

The aim of this report is to provide practical guidelines for the diagnosis, assessment and
treatment of heart failure for use in clinical practice and in addition for epidemiological …