What does this guideline cover?
This guideline covers the referral and approach to care for people with chronic heart failure, including the transfer of care between secondary and primary care services, information and support on diagnosis and prognosis, supportive and palliative care, domiciliary oxygen therapy, parenteral and intravenous diuretics, criteria for withdrawing treatment and device inactivation. It also includes how to manage chronic heart failure in different subgroups, such as people with iron deficiency, people with chronic kidney disease, people with chronic heart failure and secondary atrial fibrillation, and people aged over 75. Additionally, it covers pharmacological therapies, such as beta-blockers for people with chronic heart failure and secondary atrial fibrillation, and palliative care referral and delivery of diuretics, as well as the role of cardiac MRI in monitoring heart failure.