Early Worsening Heart Failure in Patients Admitted for Acute Heart Failure: Time Course, Hemodynamic Predictors, and Outcome

• Published in: Journal of cardiac failure Vol. 15; no. 8; pp. 639 - 644
• Main Authors: Torre-Amione, Guillermo, Milo-Cotter, Olga, Kaluski, Edo, Perchenet, Loic, Kobrin, Isaac, Frey, Aline, Rund, Michele M., Weatherley, Beth Davison, Cotter, Gad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2009
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Acute heart failure; Aged; Cardiovascular; Cohort Studies; Disease Progression; Double-Blind Method; Female; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Hemodynamics - physiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Admission - trends; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate - trends; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Acute heart failure

The most common outcome currently assessed in acute heart failure trials (AHF) is dyspnea improvement. Worsening hear failure (WHF) is a new outcome measure that incorporates failure to improve or recurrent symptoms of AHF requiring rescue intravenous therapy, mechanical circulatory or ventilatory s...