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Acute heart failure syndromes: Epidemiology, risk stratification and prognostic factors
Acute Cardiac Care, 06/16/09

Harinstein ME et al. – A report of the 2008 European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care Meeting summarizes lectures on acute heart failure syndromes (AHFS) with a focus on epidemiology, risk stratification, and prognostic factors.

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Report of the 2008 European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care Meeting (Versailles, France 25-28 October 2008)

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AHFS resulting in hospitalization are associated with extremely high post-discharge mortality and readmission rate
Key prognostic factors: blood pressure, body weight, renal function, QRS duration, and presence of coronary artery disease
AHFS epidemiology, prognostic factors and therapeutic targets are summarized

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