Committee on Acute Heart Failure

Learn more about the purpose of this committee and who its members are

Mission

The HFA Committee on Acute Heart Failure promotes, coordinates and overlooks study and research on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of Acute Heart Failure in order to improve patients outcomes

In order to achieve the above, the committee has recognized the importance

consulting non-cardiologists involved in the management of acute heart failure (internists, intensive-care specialists, emergency medicine physicians, anesthesiologists, general physicians…).
building a relationship between different health-care professionals involved in the management of acute heart failure (nurses, pharmacists, hospital administrators, …).

Coordinator

Prof. A Mebazaa, FESC
(Paris, FR)
email

Committee

F Zannad	FESC (Nancy, FR)	M Gheorghiade	(Chicago, US)
K Dickstein	FESC (Stavanger, NO)	M Metra	FESC (Brescia,IT)
C Mueller	FESC (Basel, CH)	G Ambrosio	FESC (Perugia, IT)
J Masip	FESC (Barcelona, ES)	J Spinar	FESC (Brno, CZ)
P de Groote	(Lille, BE)	V P Harjola	FESC (Helsinki, FI)
M Banaszewski	FESC (Warsaw, PL)	M R Costanzo	(Naperville, US)
A Arutyunov	(Moscow, RU)	G Filippatos	(Athens, GR)
P Ponikowski	FESC (Wroclaw, PL) (ex-officio)

Priorities

Finalise the position paper on AHF "call for action" of the European Federation of Internal Medicine, the European Society of Emergency Medicine, the European Society of Intensive care Medicine, the primary care physicians WONCA and the Council of Cardiology Practice of the ESC.
Publish the paper on "Recommendations for admission in CCU and ICU" involving same societies
Conduct a survey on the impact of devices in outcome in acute heart failure patients in conjunction with ESICM and European Society of Cardiac Surgeons
Wite a practical recommendation on "organ dysfunction" in acute heart failure in conjunction with ESICM
Organise a course on devices in collaboration with surgeons for 2012