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| Search	 	 This book      All books PubMedNavigationAbout this bookAHCPR Archived Quick Reference Guide11. Heart Failure: Management of Patients with Left-Ventricular Systolic DysfunctionPurpose and ScopeHighlights of Patient ManagementAbstractTablesFiguresSelected References | Surgeon General Reports, SAMHSA TIPs, SAMHSA PEPsAHCPR Archived Quick Reference Guide11. Heart Failure: Management of Patients with Left-Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction*[THIS DOCUMENT IS NO LONGER VIEWED AS GUIDANCE FOR CURRENT MEDICAL PRACTICE.]*			Heart Failure: Management of Patients With Left-Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction		
Quick Reference Guideline Number 11

AHCPR Publication No. 94-0613:

 June 1994

National Library of Medicine DOCLINE Information: MED/94282113
Attention Clinicians
The *Clinical Practice Guideline* on which this *Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians* is based was developed by an multidisciplinary, non-Federal panel comprising health care professionals and consumer representatives. Panel members were:	- 						Marvin A. Konstam, MD (Co-chair)					
- 						Kathleen Dracup, DNSc, RN (Co-chair)					
- 						Michael B. Bottorff, PharmD					
- 						Neil H. Brooks, MD					
- 						Robert A. Dacey					
- 						Sandra B. Dunbar, DSN, RN					
- 						Anne B. Jackson, MA, RN					
- 						Mariell Jessup, MD					
- 						Jerry C. Johnson, MD					
- 						Robert H. Jones, MD					
- 						Robert J. Luchi, MD					
- 						Barry M. Massie, MD					
- 						Bertram Pitt, MD					
- 						Eric A. Rose, MD					
- 						Lewis J. Rubin, MD					
- 						Richard F. Wright, MD					

For a description of the guideline development process and information about the sponsoring agency (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]), see the *Heart Failure: Evaluation and Care of Patients with Left-Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 11*(AHCPR Publication No. 94-0612). To receive copies of the *Clinical Practice Guideline, Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians*(AHCPR Publication No. 94-0613), and *Patient and Family Guide* (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0614), call toll-free (800) 358-9295 or write the AHCPR Publications Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD 20907.

AHCPR invites comments and suggestions from users for consideration in development and updating of future guidelines. Please send written comments to Director, Office of the Forum for Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care, AHCPR, Willco Building, Suite 310, 6000 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852.

Note: This Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians presents summary points from the Clinical Practice Guideline. The latter provides a thorough analysis and discussion of the available research, critical evaluation of the assumptions and knowledge of the field, more complete information on evaluating and treating heart failure, considerations for patients with special needs, and references. Decisions to adopt particular recommendations from any publication must be made by practitioners in light of available resources and circumstances presented by individual patients. |
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