This document is the result of the First and Second International Workshop on Acute Heart
Failure Syndrome that took place in May 2004 and April 2005. At these workshops, a …

of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure | European Heart Journal
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Objectives: To determine whether venous congestion, rather than impairment of cardiac
output, is primarily associated with the development of worsening renal function (WRF) in …

Abstract Context Pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) have been used to guide therapy in
multiple settings, but recent studies have raised concerns that PACs may lead to increased …

Background Remote monitoring of patients with heart failure (HF) using wearable devices
can allow patient-specific adjustments to treatments and thereby potentially reduce …

Background The appropriate use of pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) in critically ill cardiac
patients remains debated. Objectives The authors aimed to characterize the current use of …

Background There is currently no objective practical guide to intensity of drug treatment for
individuals with heart failure. We hypothesised that pharmacotherapy guided by plasma …

Objectives: The goal of this study was to develop and validate a method to estimate left
ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees) in humans from noninvasive single-beat …

ContextRandomized clinical trials (RCTs) evaluating the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC)
have been limited by small sample size. Some nonrandomized studies suggest that PAC …

Heart failure resulting in hospitalization represents a significant and growing health care
burden. Heterogeneity characterizes this group in terms of mode of presentation …