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Epidemiology and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes in Europ

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Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure (AHF) were recently published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)1. These guidelines were published after a major European epidemiologic study was done, the Euro Heart Failure Survey Programme (EuroHF), which provided a description of clinical characteristics and management of patients hospitalized for AHF syndromes across Europe. This program was conducted in 115 hospitals in 24 countries, which have included 11,327 patients with suspected or confirmed AHF2–4. Another major European study was EFICA, Etude Française de l’Insuffisance Cardiaque Aigue (French Study of Acute Heart Failure), which have included 581 patients admitted to 60 intensive care units (ICUs) or coronary care units (CCU) randomly selected among French centers5. Finally, a nationwide survey on AHF syndromes in Italy was recently published. During the 3-month inclusion period, 206 cardiology centers with intensive CCUs have recruited 2807 patients6.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, University Hospital, Nancy, France

    François Alla MD, PhD

  2. Heart Failure and Hypertension Unit, Department of Cardiology, Centre d’Investigation Clinique (CIC), INSERM U-684, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, University Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France

    Faiez M. Zannad MD, PhD, FESC

  3. School of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

    Faiez M. Zannad MD, PhD, FESC

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France

    Alexandre Mebazaa MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

  2. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Mihai Gheorghiade MD, FACC (Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology and Chief, Cardiology Clinical Service) (Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology and Chief, Cardiology Clinical Service)

  3. Department of Cardiology Centre d’Investigation Clinique (CIC), INSERM U-684, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, University Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France

    Faiez M. Zannad MD, PhD, FESC (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

  4. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden, NJ, USA

    Joseph E. Parrillo MD (Professor of Medicine, Chief, Department of Medicine Edward D. Viner MD Chair, Department of Medicine and Director) (Professor of Medicine, Chief, Department of Medicine Edward D. Viner MD Chair, Department of Medicine and Director)

  5. Cooper Heart Institute, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA

    Joseph E. Parrillo MD (Professor of Medicine, Chief, Department of Medicine Edward D. Viner MD Chair, Department of Medicine and Director) (Professor of Medicine, Chief, Department of Medicine Edward D. Viner MD Chair, Department of Medicine and Director)

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Alla, F., Zannad, F.M. (2008). Epidemiology and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes in Europ. In: Mebazaa, A., Gheorghiade, M., Zannad, F.M., Parrillo, J.E. (eds) Acute Heart Failure. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-782-4_3

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