Diagnosis and management of acute heart failure
ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.15, no.11, pp.860-889, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 15 Issue: 11
- Publication Date: 2015
- Doi Number: 10.5152/anatoljcardiol.2015.6567
- Journal Name: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.860-889
- Keywords: acute heart failure, diagnosis, management
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a life threatening clinical syndrome with a progressively increasing incidence in general population. Turkey is a country with a high cardiovascular mortality and recent national statistics show that the population structure has turned to an 'aged' population. As a consequence, AHF has become one of the main reasons of admission to cardiology clinics. This consensus report summarizes clinical and prognostic classification of AHF, its worldwide and national epidemiology, diagnostic work-up, principles of approach in emergency department, intensive care unit and ward, treatment in different clinical scenarios and approach in special conditions and how to plan hospital discharge.