Heart Failure Pocketcard Set

The Heart Failure pocketcard Set is now updated with the most
important information from the ACC/AHA guidelines 2013. It  contains a collection of information on pathophysiology, diagnosis and
management of heart failure including:

• Neurohormonal mechanisms of heart failure and common causes of nonischemic cardiomyopathy
• New: Heart failure staging information including stage-specific and type-specific ((HFrEF and HFpEF) treatment guidelines
• The correct assessment and treatment of acute decompensated heart failure
• A PRIDE score- and BNP level-based algorithm for the management and triage of patients with suspected acute congestive heart failure
• Instructions on the initial evaluation of patients with heart failure including history and physical and laboratory data information
• New: AHA/ACC/HRS guidelines on cardiac defi brillation and resynchronization therapy
• New: recommendations about women with HF and about Patients with HF and concomitant disorders
• Pharmacologic therapy information including dosage tables for ACE inhibitors, ARBs, diuretics, inotropes, and other drugs commonly used in the management of heart failure