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HFSA News
5.7.2013
Heart failure set to spike in US, Heart Association says
 
4.8.2013
Growing Support to Rescind Device Tax
 
3.25.2013
FDA Approves GE Healthcare's AdreView™ for Cardiac Risk HF Patients
 
3.20.2013
HFSA Fellowship Application Deadline Extended to April 1, 2013.
 
2.12.2013
Heart Failure Readmissions: It's Not so Simple
 

HFSA Published Papers

Guideline

Genetic evaluation of cardiomyopathy: A HFSA Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline
(Ray E Hershberger, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Luisa Mestroni, Christine E. Seidman, Matthew R.G. Taylor, and Jeffrey A. Towbin)
JCF 2009;15:83-97. (PDF 247 KB)

Consensus Statements

Indications for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: 2011 Update From the Heart Failure Society of America Guideline Committee
(William G. Stevenson, Adrian F. Hernandez, Peter E. Carson, James C. Fang, Stuart D. Katz, John A. Spertus, Nancy K. Sweitzer, W.H. Wilson Tang, Nancy M. Albert, Javed Butler, Cheryl A. Westlake Canary, Sean P. Collins, Monica Colvin-Adams, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Michael M. Givertz, Ray E. Hershberger, Joseph G. Rogers, John R. Teerlink, Mary N. Walsh, Wendy Gattis Stough, Randall C. Starling)
JCF 2012;18:94-106. (Hyperlink)

ACCF/SCAI/STS/AATS/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/ACCT 2012 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization Focused Update
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. published online Jan 30, 2012;. (PDF 1.3 MB)
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.001

The Heart Failure Clinic: A Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Society of America
(Paul J. Hauptman, Michael W. Rich, Paul A. Heidenreich, John Chin, Nancy Cummings, Mark E. Dunlap, Michelle L. Edwards, Douglas Gregory, Christopher M. O'Connor, Stephen M. Pezzella, and Edward Philbin.
JCF 2008;14:801-815. (PDF 263 KB)

Health Literacy and the Patient With Heart Failure-Implications for Patient Care and Research: A Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Society of America
(Lorraine S. Evangelista, Kismet D. Rasmusson, Ann S. Laramee, Joan Barr, Susan E. Ammon, Sandra Dunbar, Susan Ziesche, J. Herbert Patterson, Clyde W. Yancy.}
JCF 2010;16:9-16. (PDF 133 KB)

Position Papers

Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for Heart Failure Performance Measures
(Executive Council)
JCF 2004;4-5. (PDF 45 KB)

Key Issues in Trial Design for Ventricular Assist Devices: A Position State of the HFSA
(MK Kosntam, J Lindenfeld, IL Piña, M Packer, RM Lazar, LW Stevenson)
JCF 2004:10;91-99. (PDF 140 KB)

Working Group Papers

Design for Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Studies.
(JD Neaton, S-L Normand, A Gelijns, RC Starling, DL Mann, MA Konstam)
JCF 2007;13: in press. (PDF 225 KB)

Clinical and Analytical Considerations in the Study of Health Status in Device Trials in Heart Failure
(S-L Normand, TS Rector, JD Neaton, IL Piña, RM Lazar, SE Proestel, DJ Fleischer, JN Cohn, JA Spertus)
JCF, 2005:11;396-403. (PDF 128 KB)

Editorials

Heart Failure Training: A Call for an Integrative, Patient-Focused Approach to an Emerging Cardiology Subspecialty
(MK Konstam, for the Executive Council)
JCF, 2004:10;366-367. (PDF 51 KB)

Perspectives

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology: A Subspecialty is Born
(Marivin A. Konstam, Mariell Jessup, Gary S. Francis, Douglas L. Mann, Barry Greenberg)
JCF 2009;15;98-100. (PDF 67 KB)

Key Issues in End-point Selection for Heart Failure Trials: Composite End Points
(JD Neaton, G Gray, BD Zuckerman, MA Konstam)
JCF 2005:11;567-575. (PDF 185 KB)

Aligning Quality and Payment for Heart Failure Care: Defining the Challenges
(EP Havranek, HM Krumholz, RA Dudley, K Adams, D Gregory, J Lindenfeld, BM Massie, I Piña, S Restaino, MW Rich, MA Konstam)
JCF 2003:99:1-4

About the Journal of Cardiac Failure

Editor-in-Chief: Gary S. Francis, M.D.
Frequency: Published monthly
ISSN: 1071-9164
E-ISSN: 1532-8414
2010 Impact Factor: 3.362 (35 out of 114)

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