In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Dustin T. Smith and Mahmoud H. Abdou bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Heart Failure Evaluation and Care: Acute and Chronic Disease. Top experts discuss heart failure evaluation and care for the internist, including acute and chronic conditions, testing, palliative care, pharmacology, and much more.

• Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including heart failure pharmacology; worsening heart failure; updates on advanced heart failure therapeutic options and palliative care; addressing comorbidities in heart failure; and more
• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on heart failure evaluation and care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews