2009 Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on April 14, 2009

Authors

Sharon Ann Hunt, William T Abraham, Marshall H Chin, Arthur M Feldman, Gary S Francis, Theodore G Ganiats, Mariell Jessup, Marvin A Konstam, Donna M Mancini, Keith Michl, John A Oates, Peter S Rahko, Marc A Silver, Lynne Warner Stevenson, Clyde W Yancy, American College of Cardiology Foundation, American Heart Association

Associated clinical trials:

ASIAN HF Registry, A Prospective Observational Study (ASIANHF) | NCT01633398

FREnch Survey on Heart Failure (FRESH) | NCT01956539

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