Acute heart failure: lessons learned, roads ahead

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 842-850

  Ferrari, Roberto ^a,b   Bueno, Héctor ^c   Chioncel, Ovidiu ^d   Cleland, John G ^e   Stough, Wendy Gattis ^f   Lettino, Maddalena ^g   Metra, Marco ^h   Parissis, John T ⁱ   Pinto, Fausto ^j   Ponikowski, Piotr ^k   Ruschitzka, Frank ^l   Tavazzi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^d CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^j INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^k WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALISKIREN; DOBUTAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOSIMENDAN; MILRINONE; NESIRITIDE; PLACEBO; ROLOFYLLINE; SERELAXIN; TEZOSENTAN; TOLVAPTAN; URODILATIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 85043313667     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1169     Document Type: Article

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