A roadmap to inpatient heart failure management. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vaduganathan, Muthiah; Gheorghiade, Mihai
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiology. Volume 65:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Cardiology -- Periodicals; 616.12
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2014.08.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0914-5087

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Abstract</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005">Heart failure (HF) accounts for over 1 million primary hospitalizations in the USA each year and carries a tremendous burden on costs and patient outcomes. The clinical syndrome of HF is not a single disease, but represents the complex interplay between various cardiac and non-cardiac processes, each of which need to be individually addressed. This review provides an updated, contemporary roadmap for inpatient worsening chronic HF management with a focus on identifying and addressing initiating mechanisms, amplifying factors, and cardiac structural abnormalities. Inpatient risk stratification should guide patient education, team structuring, disposition, and post-discharge monitoring.</p> </sec> </abstract>