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ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult—Summary Article: 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 ChestPhysicians and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society Sharon Ann Hunt, William T. Abraham, Marshall H. Chin, Arthur M. Feldman, Gary S. Francis, Theodore G. Ganiats, Mariell Jessup, Marvin A. Konstam, Donna M. Mancini, Keith Michl, John A. Oates, Peter S. Rahko, Marc A. Silver, Lynne Warner Stevenson, Clyde W. Yancy, Elliott M. Antman, Sidney C.Smith, Jr, Cynthia D. Adams, Jeffrey L. Anderson, David P. Faxon, Valentin Fuster, Jonathan L. Halperin, Loren F. Hiratzka, Sharon Ann Hunt, Alice K. Jacobs, Rick Nishimura, Joseph P. Ornato, Richard L. Page and Barbara Riegel Circulation 2005;112;1825-1852; originally published online Sep 13, 2005; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.167587
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ACC/AHA Practice Guideline
ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management ofChronic Heart Failure in the Adult—Summary Article
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 TransplantationEndorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society
WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS 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,...