Self‐care management of heart failure: practical recommendations from the Patient Care Committee of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

Guidelines on heart failure (HF) stress the importance of lifestyle advice, although there is little evidence that such recommendations improve symptoms or prognosis. Patients experience symptoms of different intensities which impair their daily activities and reduce the quality‐of‐life. To cope with their clinical condition, many patients seek advice about lifestyle and self‐management strategies when in contact with medical care providers,...