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Consensus and Position Papers on Heart Failure

Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA)

Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention: a European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement With the contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

European Heart Journal
30 Jun 2025

Heat extremes and cardiovascular diseases: a scientific statement of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions, Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care, European Association of Preventive Cardiology, Heart Failure Association, European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC, the ESC Council on Hypertension, the ESC Council on Stroke, and the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

European Heart Journal
3 Jun 2025

Digital solutions to optimize guideline-directed medical therapy prescription rates in patients with heart failure: a clinical consensus statement from the ESC Working Group on e-Cardiology, the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the European Society of Cardiology, the ESC Digital Health Committee, the ESC Council of Cardio-Oncology, and the ESC Patient Forum

European Heart Journal - Digital Health
30 Aug 2024

How to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
16 Jul 2024

Management of cardiac sarcoidosis A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, the ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases, and the European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC

European Heart Journal
26 Jun 2024

Prevention and rehabilitation after heart transplantation: A clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, Heart Failure Association of the ESC, and the European Cardio Thoracic Transplant Association, a section of ESOT

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
19 Jun 2024

European Society of Cardiology quality indicators for the care and outcomes of adults undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes
23 Jan 2024

Competency-based cardiac imaging for patient-centred care. A statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). With the contribution of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), and the support of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
25 Aug 2023

Placing patient-reported outcomes at the centre of cardiovascular clinical practice: implications for quality of care and management A statement of the ESC Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), Heart Failure Association (HFA), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), ESC Regulatory Affairs Committee, ESC Advocacy Committee, ESC Digital Health Committee, ESC Education Committee, and the ESC Patient Forum

European Heart Journal
22 Aug 2023

Sex- and age-related differences in outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction: MINOCA vs. MIOCA

European Heart Journal - Acute CardioVascular Care
1 Jun 2023

Myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination: magnetic resonance imaging study

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
5 Nov 2021

Sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors in heart failure

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
9 Feb 2021

Frailty in patients with heart failure

European Heart Journal Supplements
23 Dec 2019

Prognostic implications of atrial fibrillation in heart failure with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction: a report from 14 964 patients in the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

European Heart Journal
15 Oct 2018

Treatments targeting inotropy A position paper of the Committees on Translational Research and Acute Heart Failure of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal
8 Oct 2018

Heart failure and diabetes: metabolic alterations and therapeutic interventions: a state-of-the-art review from the Translational Research Committee of the Heart Failure Association–European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal
8 Oct 2018

Indications and practical approach to non-invasive ventilation in acute heart failure

European Heart Journal
26 Nov 2017

Treatment of heart failure in adult congenital heart disease: a position paper of the Working Group of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal
18 Jan 2016

EACVI/HFA Cardiac Oncology Toxicity Registry in breast cancer patients: rationale, study design, and methodology (EACVI/HFA COT Registry)—EURObservational Research Program of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
5 Mar 2015

Brachial pulse pressure in heart failure: simple to measure but complex to interpret

European Heart Journal
18 Feb 2015

Natriuretic peptide-guided heart failure management

European Heart Journal
11 Nov 2013

Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

European Heart Journal
3 Jul 2013

Inotropic therapy for heart failure: paradise lost

European Heart Journal
2 Sep 2009

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