A transthoracic echocardiogram is recommended in patients with suspected heart failure, to
improve diagnostic accuracy, and in patients with a new diagnosis of heart failure, to assess …

Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome that is secondary to an abnormality of
cardiac structure or function. These clinical practice guidelines focus on the diagnosis and …

Heart failure is appropriately described as an epidemic, with 1–2% of health care
expenditure being directed at its management. In England, the National Institute for Health …

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex and lethal clinical syndrome accounting for an
increasing number of Australian hospital separations and more than 2700 Australian deaths …

Recently, the 4th Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction was published. 1 Perhaps it is
time to consider a First Universal Definition of Heart Failure. Objective, clinically verifiable …

Abstract Background The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has published guidelines
for the investigation of patients with suspected heart failure and, if the diagnosis is proven …

Objectives To explore changes in healthcare professionals' views about the diagnosis and
management of heart failure since a study in 2003. Design Focus groups and a national …

Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has been a key variable for the diagnosis and
management of heart failure over the last three decades. The British Society of …

Abstract The 2022 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart
Failure Society of America (ACC/AHA/HFSA) and the 2021 European Society of Cardiology …

Advanced chronic heart failure (ACHF) is the last phase in the evolution of heart failure and
is characterized by high hospitalization and mortality rates and is refractory to medical …