2020 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures
The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Heidenreich PA, Fonarow GC, Breathett K, Jurgens CY, Pisani BA, Pozehl BJ, Spertus JA, Taylor KG, Thibodeau JT, Yancy CW, Ziaeian B. 2020 ACC/AHA clinical performance and quality measures for adults with heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020;12:e000099. doi:10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000099
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This document underwent a 14-day peer review between February 7, 2020, and February 21, 2020, and a 30-day public comment period between, February 7, 2020, and March 8, 2020.
This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Clinical Policy Approval Committee on June 29, 2020; by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee on June 11, 2020; the American Heart Association Executive Committee on July 22, 2020; and by the Heart Failure Society of America on July 23, 2020.
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This article has been copublished in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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