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Acute heart failure (AHF) is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome including diverse phenotypes sharing similar presenting signs and symptoms.1 The diversity of aetiologies and precipitants of HF and their specific pathophysiologic mechanisms, may result in distinct clinical profiles requiring specific treatment approaches.
Pulmonary oedema (PO) is a common manifestation of AHF associated with a…
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‘Heart failure’ is a term that may be loosely or precisely defined. The development of pulmonary oedema does not necessarily indicate a cardiac cause and of the cardiac causes for pulmonary oedema, not all can be attributed to left ventricular failure.1 The majority of women developing symptoms and signs of heart failure during pregnancy have no known pre-existing cardiomyopathy. This article…
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Heart failure is a growing pandemic worldwide, and it is associated with a high burden of morbidity and mortality. Acute heart failure (AHF) is one of the most prevalent causes of adult patients’ hospitalisation. While the treatment of most cardiovascular diseases has significantly improved since the beginning of this century, the outcomes of AHF have not progressed significantly, and AHF still…
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Acute heart failure (AHF) is a leading cause of hospitalisation in developed nations, responsible for 67,000 admissions a year in the UK alone, an incidence which is set to increase with an ageing population.1 The prognosis remains poor: in-hospital mortality ranges from 4–11 % and in those patients surviving to discharge 50 % will be re-admitted and one-third will die within 12 months.2–6 These…
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Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common reasons for admission to hospital. It is associated with long in-patient stays, and has a high in-hospital and post-discharge morbidity and mortality, whether left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is reduced (HFREF) or normal (HeFNEF).1,2 Congestion, or fluid overload, is a classic clinical feature of patients presenting with HF. In some patients,…
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Red Flags in Acute Myocarditis
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From Acute Heart Failure Towards Worsening or De Novo Heart Failure
The natural history of heart failure (HF) is characterised by disease progression and episodes of worsening HF and acute decompensation requiring outpatient treatment intensification, emergency department or in-hospital care.
Acute HF (AHF), also known as acute decompensated HF, is defined as a progressive and sometimes rapid…
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The emergency department (ED) plays a critical role in the initial diagnosis and management of acute heart failure (AHF),1,2 as nearly 80 % of all AHF admissions originate from the ER.3 However, patients do not present with a diagnosis; rather they present with a chief complaint reflecting signs and symptoms – most commonly breathlessness. Differentiating AHF from other causes of breathlessness…
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