What is the 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment?
The 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment was created to provide a practical, streamlined resource for clinicians managing patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). It provided guidance on introducing the numerous evidence-based therapies, improving adherence, overcoming treatment barriers, acknowledging contraindications and situations for which little data exist, affording expensive therapies, treating special cohorts, and making the transition to palliative care. It also provided practical tips, tables, and figures to make clear the steps, tools, and provisos needed to successfully and expeditiously treat the patient with HFrEF.