Heart Failure – A Modern Perspective: The International Consensus That’s Changing Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Communicator
- Jun 22
- 6 min read
Updated: Sep 3
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Introduction
This material is based on the most recent and comprehensive publication on heart failure: “Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure” (European Journal of Heart Failure, 2021).
The author team includes leading experts from around the world: Prof. Biykem Bozkurt (USA), Prof. Andrew Coats (UK and Australia), Prof. Hiroyuki Tsutsui (Japan), along with over 30 specialists in cardiology, clinical research, and medical education, representing organizations such as the Heart Failure Society of America, the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, the Japanese Heart Failure Society, and others. The publication has been officially endorsed by numerous leading global and regional cardiology societies.
The goal of this article is to present, in plain language, the most important answers to the questions that patients and their families often ask when faced with a heart failure diagnosis—based entirely on this scientific report.
“Heart failure is a clinical syndrome with symptoms and/or signs caused by a structural and/or functional cardiac abnormality and corroborated by elevated natriuretic peptide levels and/or objective evidence of pulmonary or systemic congestion.”
