PRACTICE GUIDELINE 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/ American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the American College of Chest Physicians, Heart Rhythm Society, and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, Chairyz; Mariell Jessup, MD, FACC, FAHA, Vice Chair*y; Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHAy; Javed Butler, MBBS, FACC, FAHA*y; Donald E. Casey, Jr, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, FAHAx; Mark H. Drazner, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA*y; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA*y; Stephen A. Geraci, MD, FACC, FAHA, FCCPk; Tamara Horwich, MD, FACCy; James L. Januzzi, MD, FACC*y; Maryl R. Johnson, MD, FACC, FAHA{; Edward K. Kasper, MD, FACC, FAHAy; Wayne C. Levy, MD, FACC*y; Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC, FAHAy#; Patrick E. McBride, MD, MPH, FACC**; John J. V. McMurray, MD, FACC*y; Judith E. Mitchell, MD, FACC, FAHAy; Pamela N. Peterson, MD, MSPH, FACC, FAHAy; Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAHAy; Flora Sam, MD, FACC, FAHAy; Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FACC*y; W. H. Wilson Tang, MD, FACC*y; Emily J. Tsai, MD, FACCy; Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FACC, FHRS*yy *Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their speci c relationships with industry and other entities may apply; see Appendix 1 for recusal information. yACCF/AHA representative. zACCF/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines liaison. xAmerican College of Physicians representative. kAmerican College of Chest Physicians representative. {International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation representative. #ACCF/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures liaison. **American Academy of Family Physicians representative. yyHeart Rhythm Society representative. zzFormer Task Force member during this writing effort. 