2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines.

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Published in Circulation on June 05, 2013

Authors

Clyde W Yancy1, Mariell Jessup, Biykem Bozkurt, Javed Butler, Donald E Casey, Mark H Drazner, Gregg C Fonarow, Stephen A Geraci, Tamara Horwich, James L Januzzi, Maryl R Johnson, Edward K Kasper, Wayne C Levy, Frederick A Masoudi, Patrick E McBride, John J V McMurray, Judith E Mitchell, Pamela N Peterson, Barbara Riegel, Flora Sam, Lynne W Stevenson, W H Wilson Tang, Emily J Tsai, Bruce L Wilkoff

Author Affiliations

1: Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry and other entities may apply; see Appendix 1 for recusal information.

Associated clinical trials:

French Observatory on the Management of Cardiogenic Shock in 2016 (FRENSHOCK) | NCT02703038

Proof-of-Concept Study of Heart Habits Application for Patients With Heart Failure | NCT03238729

Reducing Structural Inequities in Heart Failure Management: An Approach to Improve the Quality of Heart Failure Care on the General Medicine Service: Longitudinal Equity Action Plan (LEAP) | NCT03942978

Strategies for Assessment of Fluid Overload in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (FLUID-AHF) | NCT04901039

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