AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document: Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2026).

Walsh MN, Kober L, Sliwa K, Adamo M, Agarwal A, Banerjee A, Bozkurt B, Cikes M, Damasceno A, Desai AS, Felker GM, Hogan G, Kinugawa K, Kittleson M, Lam CSP, McDonagh T, Metra M, Mullens W, Ribeiro ALP, Vaughn Y, Vest A, Joint American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Heart Failure in collaboration with the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology, and the Japanese Heart Failure Society (JHFS).

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DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001455
Published: 2026-06-29
Container: Circulation
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@article{allodium:10.1161/cir.0000000000001455,
  title = {AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document: Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2026).},
  author = {Walsh MN and  Kober L and  Sliwa K and  Adamo M and  Agarwal A and  Banerjee A and  Bozkurt B and  Cikes M and  Damasceno A and  Desai AS and  Felker GM and  Hogan G and  Kinugawa K and  Kittleson M and  Lam CSP and  McDonagh T and  Metra M and  Mullens W and  Ribeiro ALP and  Vaughn Y and  Vest A and  Joint American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Heart Failure in collaboration with the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) and  the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology and  and the Japanese Heart Failure Society (JHFS).},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Circulation},
  doi = {10.1161/cir.0000000000001455},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1161/cir.0000000000001455}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document: Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2026).
AU  - Walsh MN
AU  -  Kober L
AU  -  Sliwa K
AU  -  Adamo M
AU  -  Agarwal A
AU  -  Banerjee A
AU  -  Bozkurt B
AU  -  Cikes M
AU  -  Damasceno A
AU  -  Desai AS
AU  -  Felker GM
AU  -  Hogan G
AU  -  Kinugawa K
AU  -  Kittleson M
AU  -  Lam CSP
AU  -  McDonagh T
AU  -  Metra M
AU  -  Mullens W
AU  -  Ribeiro ALP
AU  -  Vaughn Y
AU  -  Vest A
AU  -  Joint American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Heart Failure in collaboration with the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)
AU  -  the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology
AU  -  and the Japanese Heart Failure Society (JHFS).
PY  - 2026
JO  - Circulation
DO  - 10.1161/cir.0000000000001455
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MN, W., L, K., K, S., M, A., A, A., A, B., B, B., M, C., A, D., AS, D., GM, F., G, H., K, K., M, K., CSP, L., T, M., M, M., W, M., ALP, R., Y, V., A, V., (HFSA), J. A. H. A. (. C. O. C. (. S. O. C. (. H. F. (. T. F. F. T. U. D. O. H. F. I. C. W. T. H. F. S. O. A., Cardiology, T. H. F. A. (. O. T. E. S. O., & (JHFS)., A. T. J. H. F. S. (2026). AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document: Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2026).. Circulation. https://doi.org/10.1161/cir.0000000000001455

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