Time Interval from Symptom Onset to Hospital Care in Patients with Acute Heart Failure: A Report from the Tokyo Cardiac Care Unit Network Emergency Medical Service Database.

There seems to be two distinct patterns in the presentation of acute heart failure (AHF) patients; early- vs. gradual-onset. However, whether time-dependent relationship exists in outcomes of patients with AHF remains unclear.The Tokyo Cardiac Care Unit Network Database prospectively collects inform...

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Main Authors: Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Shun Kohsaka, Kazumasa Harada, Tetsuro Sakai, Atsutoshi Takagi, Takamichi Miyamoto, Kiyoshi Iida, Shuzou Tanimoto, Keiichi Fukuda, Ken Nagao, Naoki Sato, Morimasa Takayama, Scientific Committee of Tokyo CCU Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4643062?pdf=render