Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2021; 116(6): 1174-1212

Emerging Topics Update of the Brazilian Heart Failure Guideline – 2021

Fabiana G. Marcondes-Braga ORCID logo , Lídia Ana Zytynski Moura ORCID logo , Victor Sarli Issa, Jefferson Luis Vieira ORCID logo , Luis Eduardo Rohde ORCID logo , Marcus Vinícius Simões ORCID logo , Miguel Morita Fernandes-Silva ORCID logo , Salvador Rassi ORCID logo , Silvia Marinho Martins Alves ORCID logo , Denilson Campos de Albuquerque ORCID logo , Dirceu Rodrigues de Almeida ORCID logo , Edimar Alcides Bocchi ORCID logo , Felix José Alvarez Ramires ORCID logo , Fernando Bacal ORCID logo , João Manoel Rossi Neto ORCID logo , Luiz Claudio Danzmann ORCID logo , Marcelo Westerlund Montera, Mucio Tavares de Oliveira Junior ORCID logo , Nadine Clausell ORCID logo , Odilson Marcos Silvestre ORCID logo , Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti ORCID logo , Sabrina Bernadez-Pereira ORCID logo , Aguinaldo F. Freitas Jr ORCID logo , Andréia Biolo ORCID logo , Antonio Carlos Pereira Barretto ORCID logo , Antônio José Lagoeiro Jorge ORCID logo , Bruno Biselli ORCID logo , Carlos Eduardo Lucena Montenegro ORCID logo , Edval Gomes dos Santos Júnior ORCID logo , Estêvão Lanna Figueiredo ORCID logo , Fábio Fernandes ORCID logo , Fabio Serra Silveira ORCID logo , Fernando Antibas Atik ORCID logo , Flávio de Souza Brito ORCID logo , Germano Emílio Conceição Souza ORCID logo , Gustavo Calado de Aguiar Ribeiro ORCID logo , Humberto Villacorta ORCID logo , João David de Souza Neto ORCID logo , Livia Adams Goldraich ORCID logo , Luís Beck-da-Silva ORCID logo , Manoel Fernandes Canesin ORCID logo , Marcelo Imbroinise Bittencourt ORCID logo , Marcely Gimenes Bonatto ORCID logo , Maria da Consolação Vieira Moreira ORCID logo , Mônica Samuel Avila ORCID logo , Otavio Rizzi Coelho Filho ORCID logo , Pedro Vellosa Schwartzmann ORCID logo , Ricardo Mourilhe-Rocha ORCID logo , Sandrigo Mangini ORCID logo , Silvia Moreira Ayub Ferreira ORCID logo , José Albuquerque de Figueiredo Neto ORCID logo , Evandro Tinoco Mesquita ORCID logo

DOI: 10.36660/abc.20210367

Introduction

The latest Heart Failure Guidelines by the Department of Heart Failure of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DEIC/SBC) were finalized on March 2018. Since then, a significant number of therapeutic interventions and diagnostic approaches has arisen or consolidated their position in international clinical practice and in clinical research. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us much about the pathophysiological model of myocardial damage and raised many questions about the continuity and safety of medication use in patients with chronic HF suffering from an acute manifestation of this new and complex clinical entity.

In the last few months, we have been working quickly and collaboratively, and for the first time in 20 years, DEIC used digital platforms to discuss, deliberate, and draft this important document, opting for a focused update instead of a full-text guideline.

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Emerging Topics Update of the Brazilian Heart Failure Guideline – 2021

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