Table 2 Characteristics of included guidelines (n = 7)
Author | Country | Year | Title | Quality Rating* (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SIGN | Scotland | 2016 | Management of Chronic Heart Failure | 92 |
American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America | USA | 2016 | 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update on New Pharmacological Therapy for Heart Failure: An Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. | 83 |
American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association | USA | 2013 | 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure | 81 |
Canadian Cardiovascular Society | Canada | 2012 | The 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Acute and Chronic Heart Failure | 71 |
National Heart Foundation of Australia | Australia | 2011 | Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Australia | 62 |
European Society of Cardiology | Poland | 2016 | 2016 ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure | 54 |
British Columbia Guidelines | Canada | 2015 | Chronic Heart Failure – Diagnosis and Management | 23 |