UK
British Cardiovascular Society
+44 (0)20 7383 3887
British Heart Foundation
Tel: +44 (0)20 7554 0000
British Society for Heart Failure
Tel: +44 (0)1865 391836
USA
American College of Cardiology
Tel: +1 202 375 6000
American Heart Association
Toll-free: 1 800 242 8721
Heart Failure Society of America
Tel: +1 301 312 8635
International
Canadian Cardiovascular Society
Toll-free: 1 877 569 3407
Tel: +1 613 569 3407
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Tel: +61 2 9226 7900
European Society of Cardiology
Tel: +33 4 92 94 76 00
Heart Foundation (Australia)
Toll-free: 1300 36 27 87
Further reading
Driving regulations
American Medical Association. Physician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers, 2nd edn, 2010. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/older_drivers/pdf/811298.pdf, last accessed 12 May 2017.
Austroads. Assessing Fitness to Drive (Australia). www.austroads.com.au/drivers-vehicles/assessing-fitness-to-drive, last accessed 12 May 2017.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (UK). Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals. www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessing-fitness-to-drive-a-guide-for-medical-professionals, last accessed 12 May 2017.
ACC/AHA/HFSA. 2016 focused update on new pharmacological therapy for heart failure: an update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure. J Card Fail 2016;22:659–69.
2016 ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC. Eur Heart J 2016;37:2129–200.
Heart Failure Society of America, Lindenfeld J, Albert NM et al. HFSA 2010 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline. J Card Fail 2010;16:e1–194.
National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (Chronic Heart Failure Guidelines Expert Writing Panel). Guidelines for the prevention and management of chronic heart failure in Australia. Updated October 2011. www.heartfoundation.org.au/images/uploads/publications/Chronic_Heart_Failure_Guidelines_2011.pdf, last accessed 12 May 2017.
Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B et al. 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;62:e147–239.
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