Acute heart failure - A call to action

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

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ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; OPIATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CORONARY REPERFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAFILTRATION; URINE VOLUME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84876535967     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5837/bjc.2013.s02     Document Type: Article

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