title: Comprehensive guideline for care of patients with heart failure.
abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome that results from any structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood. More than 5.1 million people are living with HF in the United States today. This number will continue to rise with the increase in the aging population. With so many people living with HF, nurses need to be well versed on how best to care for them. The 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association guideline for the management of HF is a comprehensive guide for all clinicians caring for patients with HF. The updated guideline was developed to assist providers in decision making in the diagnosis and treatment of HF. The goals of the writing committee were to improve quality of care for patients with HF, optimize their outcomes, and improve the efficient use of various resources in the treatment of patients with HF.
authors.affiliation: Denise Buonocore is Acute Care Nurse Practitioner for HF Service, St. Vincent's Multispecialty Group, 2800 Main St, Bridgeport, CT 06606 (denisebuonocore@gmail.com). Elizabeth Wallace is Nurse Practitioner for Cardiology Service, St. Vincent's Multispecialty Group, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buonocore
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology