Table 2.

Heart failure diagnosis terms

Past History Diagnosis or Reason for Presentation Keywords for Inclusion
Heart failure	Systolic heart failure
Chronic cardiac failure	Systolic dysfunction
Chronic heart failure	Diastolic heart failure
Congestive cardiac failure	Diastolic dysfunction
CCF
Congestive heart failure	HFrEF / Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
CHF
Cardiac failure	HFpEF / Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Chronic heart failure	Pulmonary oedema
Left ventricular failure	Ischaemic cardiomyopathy
Right ventricular failure	Dilated cardiomyopathy (but excluding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)

Source: SHAPE Project Collaborators Expert Opinion, September 2018