Management of Heart Failure: Messages from Trials Beyond AHA 2022 Guidelines

Guidelines in review: 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure.

ACCF and AHA Release Guidelines on the Management of Heart Failure.

Treatment of stage A heart failure should focus on reducing modifiable risk factors, including management of hypertension and hyperlipidemia. To prevent symptomatic heart failure, ACE inhibitors and beta blockers should be used in all patients with stage B or C heart failure who have a reduced ejection fraction. Patients with stage C heart failure and fluid retention should be treated with diur...

Beyond dyspnoea as an endpoint in acute heart failure trials.

Acute heart failure syndromes (AHFS) has been defined as new onset or recurrence of gradually or rapidly worsening signs and symptoms of heart failure (HF) necessitating urgent or emergency therapeutic intervention. The number of hospitalizations for AHFS continues to increase and they account for 1 million admissions annually in both Europe and the USA. Dyspnoea is the most common presenting s...

ACC/AHA guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: executive summary.

SHARON A. HUNT, MD, FACC, Chair DAVID W. BAKER, MD, MPH, FACP MARSHALL H. CHIN, MD, MPH MICHAEL P. CINQUEGRANI, MD, FACC ARTHUR M. FELDMAN, MD, PHD, FACC GARY S. FRANCIS, MD, FACC THEODORE G. GANIATS, MD SIDNEY GOLDSTEIN, MD, FACC GABRIEL GREGORATOS, MD, FACC MARIELL L. JESSUP, MD, FACC R. JOSEPH NOBLE, MD, FACC MILTON PACKER, MD, FACC MARC A. SILVER, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FCGC LYNNE WARNER STE...

Current management of gout: practical messages from 2016 EULAR guidelines.

The European League Against Rheumatism published updated recommendations for the management of gout in 2016, comprising 3 overarching principles and 11 key recommendations for clinical practice. Patient education about the pathophysiology of gout and its comorbidities, as well as the existence of effective treatments are important, and understanding the principles of managing acute attacks and ...