Chronic heart failure

Summary

The NICE chronic heart failure guideline makes recommendations about:

• the care provided by GPs and hospital healthcare professionals who have direct contact with patients with heart failure
• all the key areas of managing heart failure including diagnosis, drug and non-drug treatments and the management of depression and anxiety

The recommendations do not cover:

• emergency treatment of heart failure
• screening for heart failure
• management of heart failure caused by lung disease
• care after heart transplantation

The review undertaken in March 2008 has indicated that this guideline warrants a partial update. More details will be placed on the website shortly

Documents

For healthcare professionals

• CG5 Chronic heart failure: Full guideline
• CG5 Chronic heart failure: NICE guideline

For patients, carers and the public

• CG5 Chronic heart failure: Information for the public

Background information

• 2003/033 NICE clinical guideline sets out recommendations for NHS care of people with chronic heart failure
• Media briefing: Clinical guideline on management of chronic heart failure in adults in primary and secondary care
• Scope for the development of a clinical guideline on the managment of heart failure

Implementing this guidance

Any further information NICE has produced to help the NHS implement this guideline locally is linked to below:

• Heart failure service commissioning guide