With great interest we read the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines
for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure [
[1]
]. We are, however, concerned about the high number of conflicts of interest (COIs)
of the authors (Table 1) and reviewers. Of the 21 authors only 2 (10%) indicated no COI in the years 2014–2015.
Among the authors, the chairperson of the task force had the second most COIs (33)
and the co-chairperson the fourth most COIs (21). Among the 87 reviewers only 18 (21%)
were without COIs. Unfortunately, we cannot investigate if, compared with the 2012
guidelines, the amount of authors with COIs has increased, because according to the
ESC Customer services, “The declarations of interest of the 2012 Guidelines on acute
and chronic heart failure are not any longer available”.
- Ponikowski P.
- Voors A.A.
- Anker S.D.
- Bueno H.
- Cleland J.G.
- Coats A.J.
- Falk V.
- González-Juanatey J.R.
- Harjola V.P.
- Jankowska E.A.
- Jessup M.
- Linde C.
- Nihoyannopoulos P.
- Parissis J.T.
- Pieske B.
- Riley J.P.
- Rosano G.M.
- Ruilope L.M.
- Ruschitzka F.
- Rutten F.H.
- van der Meer P.
- Authors/Task Force Members
- Document Reviewers
2016 ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure:
The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution
of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2016; 18: 891-975
Table 1Declarations of interest as reported to the ESC by the task force members, covering
the period of the guidelines production.
| Autor | A—Direct personal payment | B—Payment to your institution | C—Receipt of royalties | D—Research funding (depart-mental) | E—Research funding (personal) | Number of relation-ships with industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anker | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Bueno | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Cleland | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| Coats | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Falk | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Gonzalez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Harjola | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Jankowska | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Linde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Nihoyannopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parissis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pieske | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Ponikowski | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Riley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rosano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruilope | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Ruschitzka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Rutten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Van der Meer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Voors | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
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Publication history
Published online: November 09, 2016
Accepted:
November 6,
2016
Received:
August 13,
2016
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