Robert S McKelvie, Gordon W Moe, Anson Cheung, Jeannine Costigan, Anique Ducharme, Estrellita Estrella-Holder, Justin A Ezekowitz, John Floras, Nadia Giannetti, Adam Grzeslo, Karen Harkness, George A Heckman, Jonathan G Howlett, Simon Kouz, Kori Leblanc, Elizabeth Mann, Eileen O'Meara, Miroslav Rajda, Vivek Rao, Jessica Simon, Elizabeth Swiggum, Shelley Zieroth, J Malcolm O Arnold, Tom Ashton, Michel D'Astous, Paul Dorian, Haissam Haddad, Debra L Isaac, Marie-Hélène Leblanc, Peter Liu, Bruce Sussex, Heather J Ross
The 2011 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure (HF) Guidelines Focused Update reviews the recently published clinical trials that will potentially impact on management. Also reviewed is the less studied but clinically important area of sleep apnea. Finally, patients with advanced HF represent a group of patients who pose major difficulties to clinicians. Advanced HF therefore is examined from the perspectives of HF complicated by renal failure, the role of palliative care, and the role of mechanical circulatory support (MCS)...
May 2011: Canadian Journal of Cardiology