Circulation. 2005;112:e154-e235
Published online before print September 13, 2005,
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.167586
(Circulation. 2005;112:e154-e235.)
© 2005 American Heart Association, Inc.
ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines |
ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult
A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure): Developed in Collaboration With the American College of Chest Physicians and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society
WRITING COMMITTEE: Sharon Ann Hunt, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair;
William T. Abraham, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH, FACP;
Arthur M. Feldman, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA;
Gary S. Francis, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Theodore G. Ganiats, MD;
Mariell Jessup, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Marvin A. Konstam, MD, FACC;
Donna M. Mancini, MD;
Keith Michl, MD, FACP;
John A. Oates, MD, FAHA;
Peter S. Rahko, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Marc A. Silver, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA
TASK FORCE MEMBERS: Elliott M. Antman, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair;
Sidney C. Smith, Jr, MD, FACC, FAHA, Vice Chair;
Cynthia D. Adams, MSN, APRN-BC, FAHA;
Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA;
David P. Faxon, MD, FACC, FAHA*;
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC*;
Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Loren F. Hiratzka, MD, FACC, FAHA*;
Sharon Ann Hunt, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Rick Nishimura, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Joseph P. Ornato, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Richard L. Page, MD, FACC, FAHA;
Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN
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*Former Task Force Member
This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees in August 2005 and by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in August 2005.
When citing this document, the American Heart Association requests that the following citation format be used: Hunt SA, Abraham WT, Chin MH, Feldman AM, Francis GS, Ganiats TG, Jessup M, Konstam MA, Mancini DM, Michl K, Oates JA, Rahko PS, Silver MA, Stevenson LW, Yancy CW. ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure). American College of Cardiology Web Site. Available at: http://www.acc.org/clinical/guidelines/failure//index.pdf.
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