Rehospitalization for heart failure: problems and perspectives

M Gheorghiade, M Vaduganathan, GC Fonarow… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
With a prevalence of 5.8 million in the United States alone, heart failure (HF) is associated
with high morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures. Close to 1 million …

Acute heart failure syndromes: emergency department presentation, treatment, and disposition: current approaches and future aims: a scientific statement from the …

NL Weintraub, SP Collins, PS Pang, PD Levy… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
With a prevalence of 5 800 000 (2% of the entire populace) in 2009 and an estimated yearly
incidence of 550 000, the burden of heart failure (HF) in the United States is tremendous. 1 …

7ª Diretriz brasileira de hipertensão arterial: apresentação

MVB Malachias - Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
A avaliação inicial de um paciente com hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) inclui a
confirmação do diagnóstico, a suspeição e a identificação de causa secundária, além da …

Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasonography and chest radiography in adults with symptoms suggestive of acute decompensated heart failure: a …

AM Maw, A Hassanin, PM Ho, MDF McInnes… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Standard tools used to diagnose pulmonary edema in acute decompensated
heart failure (ADHF), including chest radiography (CXR), lack adequate sensitivity, which …

7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Presentation

MVB Malachias - Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
On behalf of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, Brazilian Society of Hypertension and
Brazilian Society of Nephrology, I present to you the 7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial …

Lung ultrasound-implemented diagnosis of acute decompensated heart failure in the ED

E Pivetta, A Goffi, E Lupia, M Tizzani, G Porrino… - Chest, 2015 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Lung ultrasonography (LUS) has emerged as a noninvasive tool for the
differential diagnosis of pulmonary diseases. However, its use for the diagnosis of acute …

Lung ultrasound integrated with clinical assessment for the diagnosis of acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department: a randomized controlled …

E Pivetta, A Goffi, P Nazerian… - European journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Although acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a common cause of dyspnoea,
its diagnosis still represents a challenge. Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an emerging point‐of …

The burden of acute heart failure on US emergency departments

AB Storrow, CA Jenkins, WH Self, PT Alexander… - JACC: Heart Failure, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives: The goal of this study was to examine 2006 to 2010 emergency department (ED)
admission rates, hospital procedures, lengths of stay, and costs for acute heart failure (AHF) …

Prediction of heart failure mortality in emergent care: a cohort study

DS Lee, A Stitt, PC Austin, TA Stukel… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
Background: Heart failure contributes to millions of emergency department (ED) visits, but
hospitalization-versus-discharge decisions are often not accompanied by prognostic risk …

7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 2 - Diagnosis and Classification

MVB Malachias, MAM Gomes, F Nobre… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
On behalf of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, Brazilian Society of Hypertension and
Brazilian Society of Nephrology, I present to you the 7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial …