Acute Heart Failure: Definition, Classification and Epidemiology
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Acute Heart Failure: Definition, Classification and Epidemiology
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to describe the extent and scope of acute heart failure (AHF), place it within its clinical context and highlight some of the difficulties in defining it as a pathophysiological entity. RECENT FINDINGS A diagnosis of AHF is made when patients present acutely with signs and symptoms of heart failure, often with decompensation of pre-existing card...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Heart Failure Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1546-9530,1546-9549
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-017-0351-y