2026 ESC Guidelines for the management of heart failure Developed by the task force for the management of heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
With the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC
Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

Lars H Lund

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Sharon MacDonald

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John William McEvoy

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Lorenzo Menicanti

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Borislava Mihaylova

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Inge Moelgaard

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Lars Køber

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Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital Copenhagen , Denmark

Christian E Mueller

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Lis Neubeck

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Marianna Adamo

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Civil Hospital of Brescia Brescia , Italy

Daniela Pini

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Anne-Christine Ruwald

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Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital Copenhagen , Denmark

Daniela Tomasoni

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Spedali Civili, University Of Brescia Brescia , Italy

Lisa J Anderson

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St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London , United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Charlotte Andersson

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Evgenij V Potapov

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Jasper J Brugts

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Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam , Netherlands (The)

Anne-Catherine Pouleur

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Ovidiu Chioncel

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Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet Oslo , Norway

Eva Prescott

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Erwan Donal

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Amina Rakisheva

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Bianca Rocca

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Peter Ferdinandy

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Semmelweis University Budapest , Hungary

Pardeep S Jhund

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Xavier Rossello

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Francisco Leyva

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Anna Sannino

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Hatem Soliman Aboumarie

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Roberto Lorusso

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Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM) Maastricht , Netherlands (The)

Michael Madigan

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Wilfried Mullens

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Stefania Paolillo

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Nicola Ryan

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Maggie Simpson

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University of Edinburgh Edinburgh , United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Holger Thiele

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Felix C Tanner

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Jens Jakob Thune

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Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Copenhagen , Denmark

Emeline M Van Craenenbroeck

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University Hospital Antwerp Edegem , Belgium

Linda W Van Laake

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Izabella Uchmanowicz

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Mattias Van Heetvelde

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Mariette Verbakel

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ESC Patient Forum Nijmegen , Netherlands (The)

Christina Christersson

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Matthias Wilhelm

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Stefanos Zafeiropoulos

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Katja Zeppenfeld

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Massimo F Piepoli

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Daniel Zimpfer

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Albana Doko Banushi

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Brahim Kichou

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Ana Abreu

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Hamayak S Sisakian

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Suleman Aktaa

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Folkert W Asselbergs

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Michael A Borger

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Giuseppe Boriani

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Noemi Pavo

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Margarita Brida

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Robert A Byrne

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Claudio Ceconi

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Christina Chrysohoou

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Ulvi Mirzoyev

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Ana Roussoulières

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Kevin Damman

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Jean-Claude Deharo

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Victoria Delgado

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Zumreta Kusljugic

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Vassil Traykov

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Fernando Dominguez

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Gloria Färber

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Daniel Fernandez-Berges

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Marc Ferrini

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Nina Jakus

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Constantinos Ergatoudes

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Estelle Gandjbakhch

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Luna Gargani

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Bettina Heidecker

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Borja Ibanez

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Anna Chaloupka

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Massimo Imazio

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Henrik Wiggers

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Azza Farrag

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Pentti Põder

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Stefan James

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Katariina Pitkänen

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Ulf Landmesser

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Damien Logeart

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Kristian Hellenkamp

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Gregory Y H Lip

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Katerina K Naka

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Annamaria Kosztin

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Inga J Ingimarsdottir

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Helen Cooney

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Rabea Asleh

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Savina Nodari

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Makhabbat Bekbossynova

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Pranvera Ibrahimi

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Erkin Mirrakhimov

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Ginta Kamzola

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Hadi Skouri

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Egle Rumbinaite

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Steve Huijnen

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Alice May Moore

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Eleonora Vataman

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Ahmed Bennis

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Vanessa van Empel

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Marija Vavlukis

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Eva Rice

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Agnieszka Kołodzińska

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Susana Dias da Costa

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Elena-Laura Antohi

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Marina Foscoli

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Marcela Dankova

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Mitja Lainscak

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Sonia Mirabet Perez

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Gabriel Arefalk

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Philippe Meyer

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Ahmad Alayed

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Leila Abid

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Ozlem Yildirimturk

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Bahram Kadyrov

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Leonid Voronkov

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Andrew J Ludman

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Timur Abdullaev

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