title: Objectives of guidelines on heart failure.
abstract: The lack of standardized diagnostic and therapeutic approaches has been a major problem in the management of heart failure. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on the diagnosis of heart failure have been designed to provide basic minimum requirements for the diagnosis of heart failure and to provide guidance on more advanced aspects of diagnosis for cardiology specialists. In addition, the dissemination of the ESC heart failure treatment guidelines will be useful in the standardizing and optimizing of heart failure management.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, S. Matteo University Hospital, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tavazzi
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic