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Pocket Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

ESC Pocket Guidelines

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
Chronic Heart Failure
Acute Heart Failure
Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
Cardiovascular Nursing
Heart Failure

Publication Date: August 2021
Chairperson
: Theresa A. McDonagh and Marco Metra



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Table of Contents          

  • Introduction
  • Definition and classification
  • Diagnosis of chronic heart failure
  • Pharmacological treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
  • Cardiac rhythm management for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
  • Treatment of heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction
  • Treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  • Multidisciplinary team management for the treatment of chronic heart failure
  • Advanced heart failure
  • Acute heart failure
  • Cardiovascular comorbidities
    • Atrial fibrillation
    • Chronic coronary syndromes
    • Valvular heart disease
    • Hypertension
    • Stroke
  • Non-cardiovascular comorbidities
    • Diabetes
    • Obesity
    • Frailty
    • Iron deficiency
    • Kidney dysfunction
    • Electrolyte disorders
    • Gout and arthritis
    • Erectile dysfunction
    • Depression
    • Cancer
    • Infections
  • Special conditions
    • Pregnancy
    • Cardiomyopathies
    • Myocarditis
    • Amyloidosis
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