Czech Society of Cardiology guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure 2011

• Authors: ŠPINAR Jindřich; VÍTOVEC Jiří; HRADEC J.; MALEK I.; MELUZÍN Jaroslav; ŠPINAROVÁ Lenka; HOŠKOVÁ L.; HEGAROVÁ M.; LUDKA Ondřej; TABORSKY M.
• Year of publication: 2012
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Cor et Vasa
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.03.002
• Field: Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
• Keywords: Heart failure; Diagnosis; Treatment
• Description: Guidelines of Czech Society of Cardiology are released in accordance with ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Guidelines summarise and evaluate all currently available knowledge about a particular issue, and whenever it is possible they are based on EBM-Evidence Based Medicine. Two classifications of level of evidence and the strength of recommendation are used as seen below.