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

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Baylor College of Medicine

Maja Cikes

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Albertino Damasceno

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University of Toyama, Second Department of Internal Medicine

Michelle Kittleson

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Carolyn Lam

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Wilfried Mullens

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1569 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179

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Language: English

Page range: 51 - 51

Submitted on: Jun 11, 2026

Accepted on: Jun 11, 2026

Published on: Jun 29, 2026

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

AHA Scientific Statements,

cardiomyopathies,

heart failure,

heart failure, preserved ejection fraction,

heart failure, reduced ejection fraction,

stages of heart failure

© 2026 Mary Norine Walsh, Lars Køber, Karen Hahnle-Sliwa, Marianna Adamo, Anubha Agarwal, Amitava Banerjee, Biykem Bozkurt, Maja Cikes, Albertino Damasceno, Akshay Desai, G. Michael Felker, Gail Hogan, Koichiro Kinugawa, Michelle Kittleson, Carolyn Lam, Theresa McDonagh, Marco Metra, Wilfried Mullens, Antonio Ribeiro, Yolanda Vaughn, Amanda Vest, the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology on behalf of the 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), published by Ubiquity Press
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