Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Risk-Based Primary Prevention of Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

CirculationPublished Scientific statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Implement PREVENT-HF equations to estimate risk of incident heart failure (HF)

  2. Targeted use of cardiac biomarkers (eg, natriuretic peptides) and echocardiography for risk reclassification and earlier detection of pre-HF

  3. Define therapy-specific risk thresholds that incorporate net benefit and cost-effectiveness

Original publication

Risk-Based Primary Prevention of Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. Published 16 April 2025. doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000001307

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