Fluid re-distribution rather than accumulation causes most cases of decompensated heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-166

  Dunlap, Mark E ^a   Sobotka, Paul A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CARDIORENAL SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FLUID SHIFT; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TOTAL BODY WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84879823028     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.081     Document Type: Letter

References (9)

1. M. Gheorghiade, M. Vaduganathan, G.C. Fonarow, and R.O. Bonow Rehospitalization for heart failure: problems and perspectives J Am Coll Cardiol 61 2013 391 403
2. S.I. Chaudhry, Y. Wang, J. Concato, T.M. Gill, and H.M. Krumholz Patterns of weight change preceding hospitalization for heart failure Circulation 116 2007 1549 1554
3. J. Lewin, M. Ledwidge, C. O'Loughlin, C. McNally, and K. McDonald Clinical deterioration in established heart failure: what is the value of BNP and weight gain in aiding diagnosis? Eur J Heart Fail 7 2005 953 957
4. M.R. Zile, T.D. Bennett, and M. St John Sutton Transition from chronic compensated to acute decompensated heart failure: pathophysiological insights obtained from continuous monitoring of intracardiac pressures Circulation 118 2008 1433 1441
5. G. Cotter, M. Metra, O. Milo-Cotter, H.C. Dittrich, and M. Gheorghiade Fluid overload in acute heart failure - re-distribution and other mechanisms beyond fluid accumulation Eur J Heart Fail 10 2008 165 169
6. C. Fallick, P.A. Sobotka, and M.E. Dunlap Sympathetically mediated changes in capacitance: redistribution of the venous reservoir as a cause of decompensation Circ Heart Fail 4 2011 669 675
7. P.B. Adamson, A.L. Smith, and W.T. Abraham Continuous autonomic assessment in patients with symptomatic heart failure: prognostic value of heart rate variability measured by an implanted cardiac resynchronization device Circulation 110 2004 2389 2394
8. C.W. Yancy Current approaches to monitoring and management of heart failure Rev Cardiovasc Med 7 Suppl 1 2006 S25 S32
9. B.A. Bart, S.R. Goldsmith, and K.L. Lee Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: rationale and design of CARRESS-HF, for the Heart Failure Clinical Research Network J Card Fail 18 2012 176 182