January 28, 2005European Heart Journal1,180 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.