2005 ACC/AHA Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult

This document has been retired and replaced by 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure.

September 14, 2005—A report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure), this document is intended to assist health care providers in clinical decision making by describing a range of generally acceptable approaches for the prevention, diagnosis, and management of heart failure.

This update was developed in collaboration with the American College of Chest Physicians and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society.