This document discusses outpatient management of heart failure. It defines heart failure and describes its prevalence, incidence, classification, prognosis, clinical diagnosis and evaluation. It outlines a staged approach to heart failure therapy based on the presence or absence of symptoms and structural heart disease. Key recommendations include use of ACE inhibitors, ARBs, beta-blockers, aldosterone antagonists, diuretics, digoxin, and devices like ICDs and CRT depending on the stage of heart failure.