Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesGuideline or statement

European Society of Cardiology Quality Indicators Update for the Care and Outcomes of Adults with Heart Failure. The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Eur J Heart FailPublished

  • Quality indicator update (consensus document)
  • ESC methodology for QI development
  • expert panel grading via online questionnaires

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Five domains of care: (1) structural quality indicators (QIs), (2) patient assessment, (3) initial treatment, (4) therapy optimization, (5) patient health-related quality of life

  2. 14 'main' and 3 'secondary' QIs selected across the five domains

Original publication

European Society of Cardiology Quality Indicators Update for the Care and Outcomes of Adults with Heart Failure. The Heart Failure Association of the ESC. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 12 July 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3376

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