title: HFSA 2010 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline.
abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome characterized by high mortality, frequent hospitalization, reduced quality of life, and a complex therapeutic regimen. Knowledge about HF is accumulating so rapidly that individual clinicians may be unable to readily and adequately synthesize new information into effective strategies of care for patients with this syndrome. Trial data, though valuable, often do not give direction for individual patient management. These characteristics make HF an ideal candidate for practice guidelines. The 2010 Heart Failure Society of America comprehensive practice guideline addresses the full range of evaluation, care, and management of patients with HF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: JoAnn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindenfeld
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boehmer
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Justin A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ezekowitz
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Givertz
authors.forename: Stuart D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klapholz
authors.forename: Debra K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Randall C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Starling
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: W H Wilson
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Teerlink
authors.forename: Mary N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans