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 Chest Physicians and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society

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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 Chest Physicians and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Endorsed 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, FESC, Jonathan L. Halperin MD, FACC, FAHA, Loren F. Hiratzka MD, FACC, FAHA, Sharon Ann Hunt MD, FACC, FAHA, Alice K. Jacobs MD, FACC, FAHA, Rick Nishimura MD, FACC, FAHA, Joseph P. Ornato MD, FACC, FAHA, Richard L. Page MD, FACC, FAHA, and Barbara Riegel DNSc, RN, FAHA

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