The 2013 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: focus on rehabilitation and exercise and surgical coronary revascularization.
The 2013 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update provides focused discussions on the management recommendations on 2 topics: (1) exercise and rehabilitation; and (2) surgical coronary revascularization in patients with heart failure. First, all patients with stable New York Heart Association class I-III symptoms should be considered for enrollment in a tailored exercise training program, to improve exercise tolerance and quality of life. Second, selected patients with suitable coronary anatomy should be considered for bypass graft surgery. As in previous updates, the topics were chosen in response to stakeholder feedback. The 2013 Update also includes recommendations, values and preferences, and practical tips to assist the clinicians and health care workers manage their patients with heart failure.
St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: moeg@smh.ca.
Gordon W
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Moe
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Justin A
JA
Ezekowitz
Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Eileen
E
O'Meara
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Jonathan G
JG
Howlett
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Steve E
SE
Fremes
St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abdul
A
Al-Hesayen
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
George A
GA
Heckman
Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Anique
A
Ducharme
Cardiac Sciences Program, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Estrellita
E
Estrella-Holder
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Adam
A
Grzeslo
Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Karen
K
Harkness
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Serge
S
Lepage
University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michael
M
McDonald
Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Robert S
RS
McKelvie
Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Anil
A
Nigam
QE II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Miroslaw
M
Rajda
University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Vivek
V
Rao
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Elizabeth
E
Swiggum
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sean
S
Virani
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de l'Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Vy
V
Van Le
Cardiac Sciences Program, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Shelley
S
Zieroth
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
J Malcolm O
JM
Arnold
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.
Tom
T
Ashton
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Michel
M
D'Astous
St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Paul
P
Dorian
McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Nadia
N
Giannetti
Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Haissam
H
Haddad
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Debra L
DL
Isaac
Centre Hospitalier Régional de Lanaudière, Joliette, and Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Simon
S
Kouz
Hôpital Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada.
Marie-Hélène
MH
Leblanc
Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Peter
P
Liu
University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Heather J
HJ
Ross
Health Sciences Centre, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Bruce
B
Sussex
Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Michel
M
White
D002170:Canada; D002309:Cardiology; D019468:Disease Management; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical