Since 2006, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) has published Heart Failure (HF) Management Guidelines as part of a commitment to a multiyear, closed-loop initiative to provide support for the best practice of heart failure management.

The CCS has also implemented the National Heart Failure Workshop Initiative; a series of case-based workshops to discuss how to implement guidelines and identify challenges facing health care providers. Feedback from these sessions, together with specific solicited input from key stake holders, formed the templates for topics covered annually in subsequent years. These annual updates have produced a series of evidence-based manuscripts with recommendations and practical tips outlining suggestions for HF management.

The constitution of the primary and secondary panels, systematic review strategy and methods for formulating the recommendations, values and preferences as well as practical tips are described in detail on the CCS website (www.ccs.ca).