Latest heart failure guidelines and practice-guidance sources

1. 2026 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure
   This is the newest major adult heart-failure guideline, released 28 August 2026. It updates HF classification by LVEF, adds a stage-based prevention-to-advanced-HF framework, revises therapy nomenclature, and updates treatment indications based on newer evidence. Read the official ESC 2026 HF guideline page.
   PubMed indexing/publication details may lag behind the ESC release, so use the ESC source as the primary full guideline.
2. iCARDIO Alliance Global Implementation Guidelines on Heart Failure 2025
   Broad adult HF guidance for acute and chronic HF, HFrEF and HFpEF. Its distinctive focus is practical implementation across resource settings, including recommendations where resources are limited.
   [Practice Guideline - Tier 6 - 2025] Chopra et al. iCARDIO Alliance Global Implementation Guidelines on Heart Failure 2025. PMID: 40778878.
3. ISHLT Guidelines for Pediatric Heart Failure, 2025 update
   The newest major pediatric HF guideline, updating the 2014 ISHLT document; relevant to HF caused by cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, or acquired heart disease in children.
   [Practice Guideline - Tier 6 - 2025] Irving et al. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Heart Failure. PMID: 40838915.
4. 2024 chronic heart failure clinical practice guideline
   A national chronic-HF diagnostic and treatment guideline from Mexico.
   [Practice Guideline - Tier 6 - 2024] Pavía-López et al. Clinical practice guidelines for diagnostic and treatment of the chronic heart failure. PMID: 38648647.
5. 2024 acute heart failure guideline adaptation
   EFIM guidance critically appraising and adapting acute-HF management recommendations for internists.
   [Practice Guideline - Tier 6 - 2024] Kokorin et al. Acute heart failure - an EFIM guideline critical appraisal and adaptation for internists. PMID: 38453571.

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