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Focused Update: ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Mariell Jessup MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair, William T. Abraham MD, FACC, FAHA, Donald E. Casey MD, MPH, MBA, Arthur M. Feldman MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, Gary S. Francis MD, FACC, FAHA, Theodore G. Ganiats MD, Marvin A. Konstam MD, FACC, Donna M. Mancini MD, Peter S. Rahko MD, FACC, FAHA, Marc A. Silver MD, FACC, FAHA, Lynne Warner Stevenson MD, FACC, FAHA, and Clyde W. Yancy MD, FACC, FAHA

Key words: ACCF/AHA practice guideline • focused update • heart failure • hospitalized patient • refractory end-stage heart failure

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