ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008.

GUIDELINE TITLE
ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Dickstein K, Cohen-Solal A, Filippatos G, McMurray JJ, Ponikowski P, Poole-Wilson PA, Stromberg A, van Veldhuisen DJ, Atar D, Hoes AW, Keren A, Mebazaa A, Nieminen M, Priori SG, Swedberg K, ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG), Vahanian A, Camm J, De Caterina R, Dean V, Dickstein K, Filippatos G, Funck-Brentano C, Hellemans I, Kristensen SD, McGregor K, Sechtem U, Silber S, Tendera M, Widimsky P, Zamorano JL, Document Reviewers, Tendera M, Auricchio A, Bax J, Bohm M, Corra U, Della Bella P, Elliott PM, Follath F, Gheorghiade M, Hasin Y, Hernborg A, Jaarsma T, Komajda M, Kornowski R, Piepoli M, Prendergast B, Tavazzi L, Vachiery JL, Verheugt FW, Zamorano JL, Zannad F. ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force [trunc]. Eur Heart J 2008 Oct;29(19):2388-442. [252 references] PubMed

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates previous versions: Task Force on Acute Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure. Sophia Antipolis (FR): European Society of Cardiology; 2005. 36 p.

Swedberg K, Cleland J, Dargie H, Drexler H, Follath F, Komajda M, Tavazzi L, Smiseth OA, Gavazzi A, Haverich A, Hoes A, Jaarsma T, Korewicki J, Levy S, Linde C, Lopez-Sendon JL, Nieminen MS, Pierard L, Remme WJ. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: full text (update 2005): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Sophia Antipolis (FR): European Society of Cardiology (ESC); 2005. 45 p.

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ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008.