The 2002/3 Canadian Cardiovascular Society consensus guideline update for the diagnosis and management of heart failure.

Abstract

The Canadian medical community in general, and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) in particular, have played a major role in promoting evidencebased clinical practice in Canada. The Heart Failure Guideline Consensus Panel of the CCS published one of the first national guidelines on the clinical evidence for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in 1994 and published a comprehensive update in The Canadian Journal of Cardiology in December 2001.