Summary of the 2016 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Prepared by the Czech Society of Cardiology

Abstract

The aim of this document is to provide practical, evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of HF. There are several changes from the 2012 guidelines which are listed in the original document.

Keywords

• Quidelines
• heart failur
• natriuretic peotides
• ejection fraction
• diagnosis
• pharmacotherapy
• neuro-hormonal antagonists
• cardiac resynchronization therapy
• transplantation
• arrhytmias
• co-morbidities
• multidisciplinary management