심부전 Heart Failure

목차

1. INTRODUCTION
2. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
3. CLASSIFICATION
4. DIAGNOSIS
5. TREATMENT
6. DISPOSITION DECISIONS

본문내용

The outdated term congestive heart failure describes patients with signs and symptoms of fluid accumulation

Although long-term heart failure management has improved, acute heart failure therapy is largely unchanged and includes nitrates, diuretics, and positive-pressure ventilation

Only one new therapy, nesiritide, was recently approved for acute heart failure treatment, but it does not improve outcomes compared to standard treatment

Heart failure has a poor prognosis, with approximately 50% of patients dying within 5 years of diagnosis

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