Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesGuideline or statement

2024 Update to the 2020 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Heart Failure

J Am Coll CardiolPublished

  • Performance measures statement (focused update)

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. New performance measure

    Optimal BP control in HFpEF

  2. New performance measure

    SGLT2 inhibitors for HFrEF

  3. New performance measure

    Guideline-directed medical therapy in hospitalized patients

  4. New quality measure

    SGLT2 inhibitors in HF with mildly reduced EF and HFpEF

  5. New quality measure

    Optimization of guideline-directed medical therapy before intervention for chronic secondary severe mitral regurgitation

  6. New quality measure

    Continuation of guideline-directed medical therapy in HF with improved EF

  7. New quality measure

    Identifying known CVD risks and social determinants of health

  8. New quality measure

    Patient-centered counseling on contraception and pregnancy risks in cardiomyopathy

  9. New quality measure

    Monoclonal protein screen to exclude light chain amyloidosis when interpreting a bone scintigraphy scan for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

Original publication

2024 Update to the 2020 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 8 August 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2024.05.014

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