Heart failure guidelines

Many guidelines exist for heart failure. These have been split into local and national guidelines. (External links are not controlled by the network.)

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Clinical guidelines

• Deactivating implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) (King’s Health Partners 02/2019)
• Diagnosis and management of heart failure (GSTT, 04/2019)

National guidelines

• Clinical guidance – Acute heart failure: Diagnosis and management CG187 (NICE, 10/2014)
• Clinical guideline – Chronic heart failure in adults: Diagnosis and management NG106 (NICE, 12/2018)
• Pathway: Managing acute heart failure (NICE, 04/2019)
• Pathway: Chronic heart failure overview (NICE, 07/2019)
• Quality standard: Acute heart failure QS103 (NICE, 2015)
• Quality standard: Chronic heart failure in adults QS9 (NICE, 09/2018)

International guidelines

• Acute and chronic heart failure guidelines (ESC, 2016)