Acute heart failure: a practical guide to management

Hosp Med. 2000 Oct;61(10):725-9. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.10.1445.

Abstract

Acute heart failure is a common cause of referral and admission to hospital. It requires prompt recognition and treatment. This article will address the practical issues regarding diagnosis, investigation, treatment and prevention of recurrence.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / complications
  • Heart Failure* / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure* / etiology
  • Heart Failure* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Narcotics / therapeutic use
  • Nitrates / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Narcotics
  • Nitrates