A closer look at acute heart failure: Putting Portuguese and European data into perspective

Introduction and Objectives: Acute heart failure (AHF) is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome requiring urgent therapy. The prognosis is poor after the index hospitalization, with a high risk for rehospitalization and early death. The costs of managing AHF are thus increasing rapidly. A literature rev...

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Main Authors: Cândida Fonseca, Inês Araújo, Filipa Marques, Daniel Brás, Paulo Bettencourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204916300381