2021 Pocket Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

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

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