January 28, 2005European Heart Journal1,181 citationsOpen Access
Executive summary of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure
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Key Points
- To provide evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and clinical management of acute heart failure.
- Expert consensus and evidence synthesis developed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
- The European Society of Cardiology explicitly discourages the use of Class III recommendations or interventions in clinical practice.
- Evidence-based guidance defines appropriate diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic protocols for acute cardiac failure.
Abstract
Use of Class III is discouraged by the ESC.
Cite This Study
Böhm et al. (2005) studied this question.