GuidelineCurrent
Universal HF Definition 2026 — Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure
AHA / ACC / ESC / WHF with HFSA / HFA / JHFS, 2026
Provides a harmonized heart-failure framework, reaffirms stages A through D, and groups HF into clinically actionable reduced-EF, preserved-EF and improved-EF categories while cautioning against over-reliance on rigid numeric thresholds across populations and imaging methods.
Conditional recommendationModerate certainty
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Disease ReferenceAcute Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Congestion
Hemodynamic phenotypes (SCAPE vs ADHF vs Cardiogenic Shock), non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, high-dose vasodilator algorithms, loop diuretics, and sequential nephron blockade.
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Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema & SCAPE
Hydrostatic pulmonary edema physiology, SCAPE vs decompensated HF vs cardiogenic shock, NIV, titrated vasodilators when hypertensive, diuresis, and sequential nephron blockade.
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