Congestive heart failure treatment of associated conditions
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Congestive heart failure can be associated with and exacerbated by rapid supraventricular as well as atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmias, venous thromboembolism, renal insufficiency, and anemia.
Atrial Fibrillation
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure [1]
Class IIa |
1. Management of AF according to published clinical practice guidelines in patients with HFpEF is reasonable to improve symptomatic HF. (Class IIa, Level of Evidence: C) |
References
- ↑ Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, Butler J, Casey DE, Colvin MM, Drazner MH, Filippatos GS, Fonarow GC, Givertz MM, Hollenberg SM, Lindenfeld J, Masoudi FA, McBride PE, Peterson PN, Stevenson LW, Westlake C (2017). "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America". J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 70 (6): 776–803. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.025. PMID 28461007.