Health professionals are encouraged to take the Guidelines fully into account when
exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the implementation of …

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 …

Making a firm diagnosis of chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
remains a challenge. We recommend a new stepwise diagnostic process, the 'HFA–PEFF …

Periodontitis is a complex disease:(a) various causative factors play a role simultaneously
and interact with each other; and (b) the disease is episodic in nature, and bursts of disease …

A organização de uma diretriz clínica é tarefa complexa, que necessariamente deve
envolver planejamento prévio, coordenação apropriada, revisão aprofundada da literatura …

Aims The objectives of the present study were to describe epidemiology and outcomes in
ambulatory heart failure (HF) patients stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and …

Since the inception of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society heart failure (HF) guidelines in
2006, much has changed in the care for patients with HF. Over the past decade, the HF …

Randomized clinical trials initially used heart failure (HF) patients with low left ventricular
ejection fraction (LVEF) to select study populations with high risk to enhance statistical …

Objectives: The study sought to assess the independent risk factors for, consequences of,
and outcomes with atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with sinus rhythm (SR) in heart failure …

Heart failure is a global public health problem that affects more than 26 million people
worldwide. The global burden of heart failure is growing and is expected to increase …