Heart Failure - Acute Tóm tắt về bệnh

Cập nhật: 09 October 2025

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Acute heart failure is a rapid or gradual onset of or change in the signs and/or symptoms of heart failure and arises as a result of acute cardiac function deterioration in previously stable patients with heart failure or may also be the first presentation of heart failure (de novo heart failure), as stated in the Introduction section.

Heart failure affects more than 60 million individuals globally. A detailed discussion about the prevalence of heart failure is in the Epidemiology section.

The Pathophysiology section discusses the mechanisms of the development of heart failure and its effects.

The causes of acute heart failure are enumerated in the Etiology section.

The Risk Factors section lists the different factors that may affect and precipitate heart failure in individuals.

The Classification section discusses the different clinical conditions that may be seen in patients with acute heart failure. 



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History and Physical Examination

The Clinical Presentation section describes the clinical findings that are present in acute heart failure patients.

The History and the Physical Examination sections discuss the signs and symptoms that are seen in patients with acute heart failure. 

Chẩn đoán

Discussion on different tests to be considered in all patients with suspected heart failure is in the Laboratory Tests and Ancillaries section.

The Imaging section explains the different diagnostic studies that are important in the evaluation of patients with acute heart failure.

Other conditions of heart failure and medical conditions that should be ruled out in the diagnosis of acute heart failure are listed in the Differential Diagnosis section.

Xử trí

The management of heart failure should include rapid identification, stabilization of clinical and hemodynamic status together with determination, and treatment of the primary pathology, precipitating factors, and aggravating secondary causes. Indications for referral to the cardiovascular intensive care unit and management based on the clinical profile in the initial phase of patients with acute heart failure are also discussed in the Evaluation section.

The goals of treatment of acute heart failure patients are in the Principles of Therapy section.

The Pharmacological Therapy section discusses in detail diuretics, inotropic agents, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs), opiates, sodium-glucose linked transporter/co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, vasodilators, vasopressin antagonists, prophylaxis for thromboembolism, and drugs prescribed after stabilization that are important in the treatment of acute heart failure.

The Nonpharmacological section includes ventilation and interventional therapies such as mechanical assist devices, ultrafiltration, and coronary revascularization that may be done in patients with acute heart failure.

Valvular surgery as a treatment option in the management of acute heart failure is in the Surgery section.

The Monitoring section discusses the different invasive and non-invasive modalities used in monitoring patients with acute heart failure based on their clinical status.