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A Proposed Model for Initial Assessment and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes

Mihai Gheorghiade, MD; Eugene Braunwald, MD

JAMA. 2011;305(16):1702-1703. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.515.

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Acute heart failure syndromes (AHFS) have been defined as new-onset or recurrence of worsening signs and symptoms of HF necessitating urgent or emergency management.¹ More than 1 million hospital admissions occur annually for AHFS both in the United States and in Europe.² Initial management of AHFS has changed little over the last decades.³ Although patients with AHFS experience symptomatic improvement during hospitalization, the postdischarge rehospitalization rate and mortality within 60 to 90 days remain as high as 30% and 15%, respectively.⁴

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