NEED FOR THIS DOCUMENT AND WHAT DOES THIS DOCUMENT ADD?

With the burgeoning burden of HF6, 11 and with an ever increasing clinical practice, clinicians need simple protocols and algorithms as a guide to optimize HF management. Guidelines being large documents are not user friendly, which limits their use. Besides, there are many guidelines already available to aid practice of the clinicians in the developed world but these guidelines may not necessarily fit the needs of clinicians in developing countries.77, 78This document is an attempt to aid the Indian clinicians in managing HF more effectively. The authors of this document deliberately avoided large amounts of text and focused on providing vital information in a user-friendly format. Easy-to-follow algorithms and tables are the highlight of this document. These algorithms can be easily incorporated in a clinician’s daily practice and can aid optimization of HF care in India.