In its latest guidance for Acute Heart Failure, NICE the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence,  has underlined the importance and benefits of specialist treatment for patients with the condition.

According to the new NICE guidelines for practitioners all people admitted to hospital with suspected acute heart failure should receive treatment from a dedicated specialist heart failure team.

Professor Jonathan Mant, Chair of the Guideline Development Group, commented: “The treatment patients with acute heart failure receive, and how successful that treatment is, varies depending on the unit they are admitted to.
Patients admitted to hospital with heart failure should have early and continued input from a specialist heart failure team.”

NICE guideline 187 - Acute Heart Failure [pdf]

Source: NICE