Approach to Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACC/AHA
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
ACEI
ace inhibitor
ACS
acute coronary syndrome
AHF
acute heart failure
ASCEND-HF
Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure
BNP
brain natriuretic peptide
BP
blood pressure
ED
emergency department
EF
ejection fraction
EKG
electrocardiogram
ESC
European Society of Cardiology
HF
heart failure
ICU
intensive care unit
IV
intravenous
IVC
inferior vena cava
IVC-CI
inferior vena cava collapsibility index
LOS
length of stay
NIPPV
non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
NTG
nitroglycerin
SBP
systolic blood pressure
STEMI
ST-elevation myocardial infarction
US
United States
Keywords
Heart failure
Acute heart failure
Decompensated heart failure
Emergency department
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Statement of Conflict of Interest: see page 184.
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Peter Pang is or has been in the last one year a Consultant for: BMS, Novartis, Trevena, scPharmaceuticals, Roche Diagnostics, Relypsa and Research Support: Roche, Novartis, AHA, NIH, PCORI, AHRQ.
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