A link to the Copyright Permissions Request Form appears on the right side of the page. Circulation is available at http://circ.ahajournals.org. Disclosures Writing Group Disclosures Writing Group Member Employment Research Grant Other Research Support Speakers Bureau/ Honoraria Expert Witness Ownership Interest Consultant/ Advisory Board Other Biykem Bozkurt Baylor College of Medicine None None None None None None None David Aguilar Baylor College of Medicine National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute* None None None None Bristol Myers Squibb* Anita Deswal Michael E.DeBakeyVA Medical Center/Baylor College of Medicine NIH None AHA Heart Failure Spotlight Series*; Aurora Health Care Inc.* None None None None Sandra B. Dunbar Emory University None None None None None None None Gary S. Francis University of Minnesota NIH* None None None None Novartis*; Amgen* None Tamara Horwich UCLA None None None None None None None Mariell Jessup University of Pennsylvania None None None None None None None Mikhail Kosiborod Mid America Heart Institute Gilead ; Genentech ; Sanofi Aventis ; AstraZeneca None Amgen* None None AstraZeneca ; Eli Lilly*; Boehringer Ingelheim ; ZS Pharma ; Sanofi-Aventis ; Amgen ; GSK*; Merck*; Novo Nordisk* Gilead (other research support) Allison M. Pritchett Baylor College of Medicine None None None None St. Jude* None None Kumudha Ramasubbu New York Methodist Hospital None None None None None None None (Continued) Management of Comorbidities in Chronic Heart Failure CLINICAL STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES References 1. Ather S, Chan W, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Ramasubbu K, Zachariah AA, Wehrens XH, Deswal A. Impact of noncardiac comorbidities on morbidity and mortality in a predominantly male population with heart failure and preserved versus reduced ejection frac- tion. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;59:998 1005. doi: 10.1016/j. jacc.2011.11.040. 2. Yancy CW, Lopatin M, Stevenson LW, De Marco T, Fonarow GC; ADHERE Scientific Advisory Committee and Investigators. 