TY - JOUR
T1 - Executive summary
T2 - HFSA 2006 comprehensive heart failure practice guideline
AU - Adams, Kirkwood F.
AU - Lindenfeld, Jo Ann
AU - Arnold, J. Malcolm O.
AU - Baker, David W.
AU - Barnard, Denise H.
AU - Baughman, Kenneth Lee
AU - Boehmer, John
AU - Deedwania, Prakash
AU - Dunbar, Sandra B.
AU - Elkayam, Uri
AU - Gheorghiade, Mihai
AU - Howlett, Jonathan G.
AU - Konstam, Marvin A.
AU - Kronenberg, Marvin W.
AU - Massie, Barry M.
AU - Mehra, Mandeep R.
AU - Miller, Alan B.
AU - Moser, Debra K.
AU - Patterson, J. Herbert
AU - Rodeheffer, Richard J.
AU - Sackner-Bernstein, Jonathan
AU - Silver, Marc A.
AU - Starling, Randall C.
AU - Stevenson, Lynne Warner
AU - Wagoner, Lynne E.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome characterized by high mortality, frequent hospitalization, reduced quality of life, and a complex therapeutic regimen. Knowledge about HF is accumulating so rapidly that individual clinicians may be unable to readily and adequately synthesize new information into effective strategies of care for patients with this syndrome. Trial data, though valuable, often do not give direction for individual patient management. These characteristics make HF an ideal candidate for practice guidelines. The 2006 Heart Failure Society of America comprehensive practice guideline addresses the full range of evaluation, care, and management of patients with HF.
AB - Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome characterized by high mortality, frequent hospitalization, reduced quality of life, and a complex therapeutic regimen. Knowledge about HF is accumulating so rapidly that individual clinicians may be unable to readily and adequately synthesize new information into effective strategies of care for patients with this syndrome. Trial data, though valuable, often do not give direction for individual patient management. These characteristics make HF an ideal candidate for practice guidelines. The 2006 Heart Failure Society of America comprehensive practice guideline addresses the full range of evaluation, care, and management of patients with HF.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.12.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16500578
AN - SCOPUS:33144483487
SN - 1071-9164
VL - 12
SP - 10
EP - 38
JO - Journal of Cardiac Failure
JF - Journal of Cardiac Failure
IS - 1
ER -