What is the purpose of the 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update?
The 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update is a report issued by the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Failure Society of America. It provides an update to the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure, which offers evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and management of patients with heart failure. It also includes key words such as AHA Scientific Statements, angioedema, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor, beta blockers, ferric carboxymaltose, heart failure, hypertension, iron deficiency, ivabradine, natriuretic peptides, natriuretic peptide biomarker, and sleep apnea. 