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Evidence base: Heart failure

Healthcare Republic, 2012

A summary of the clinical trials, guidelines and online resources to help in the management of heart failure.
Incidence and outcome of persons with a clinical diagnosis of heart failure in a general practice population of 696,884 in the United Kingdom.
This large population-based study of a UK GP practice population of about 700,000 assessed the incidence and outcome of HF based on clinical diagnosis by GPs.
It showed that identification of HF by GPs is comparable to diagnosis by cardiologists using diagnostic criteria.
ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology.
Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults.
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