The Living Guidelines: Patients with Heart Failure who have Concomitant Disorders. Polling Results for CLASS IIb Guidelines

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Class IIb Guidelines
1. The usefulness of current strategies to restore and maintain sinus rhythm in patients with HF and atrial fibrillation is not well established. (Level of Evidence: C)

 ACC / AHA Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure: Class IIb Recommendation 1 for patients with heart failure who have concomitant disorders should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III 2. The usefulness of anticoagulation is not well established in patients with HF who do not have atrial fibrillation or a previous thromboembolic event. (Level of Evidence: B)

 ACC / AHA Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure: Class IIb Recommendation 2 for patients with heart failure who have concomitant disorders should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III 3. The benefit of enhancing erythropoiesis in patients with HF and anemia is not established. (Level of Evidence: C)

 ACC / AHA Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure: Class IIb Recommendation 3 for patients with heart failure who have concomitant disorders should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III