The remainder of the 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update on the Management of Heart Failure: An Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure will be forthcoming. ACC/AHA TASK FORCE MEMBERS Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair Glenn N. Levine, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair-Elect Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA Kim K. Birtcher, PharmD, MS, AACC Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, MACC Joaquin E. Cigarroa, MD, FACC Lesley H. Curtis, PhD, FAHA Lee A. Fleisher, MD, FACC, FAHA Federico Gentile, MD, FACC Samuel Gidding, MD, FAHA Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC John Ikonomidis, MD, PhD, FAHA Jos Joglar, MD, FACC, FAHA Susan J. Pressler, PhD, RN, FAHA Duminda N. Wijeysundera, MD, PhD Presidents and Staff American College of Cardiology Richard A. Chazal, MD, FACC, President Shalom Jacobovitz, Chief Executive Officer William J. Oetgen, MD, MBA, FACC, Executive Vice President, Science, Education, Quality, and Publications Amelia Scholtz, PhD, Publications Manager, Science, Educa- tion, Quality, and Publishing American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Melanie Stephens-Lyman, MSc, Director, Guideline Operations and Strategy Lisa Bradfield, CAE, Director, Guideline Methodology and Policy Abdul R. Abdullah, MD, Associate Science and Medicine Advisor Recommendation for Ivabradine COR LOE Recommendation IIa B-R Ivabradine can be beneficial to reduce HF hospitalization for patients with symptomatic (NYHA class II-III) stable chronic HFr EF (LVEF 35%) who are receiving GDEM, including a beta blocker at maximum tolerated dose, and who are in sinus rhythm with a heart rate of 70 bpm or greater at rest.37 40 See Online Data Supplement 4. Ivabradine is a new therapeutic agent that selectively inhibits the If current in the sinoatrial node, providing heart rate reduction. 