Acute heart failure facts and numbers: acute heart failure populations
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Acute heart failure facts and numbers: acute heart failure populations
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a life-threatening emergency, which largely profits from early diagnosis and treatment. The prevalence of AHF is difficult to assess, estimates range between 1 and 12% in the general population. Despite recent therapeutic advances, in-hospital mortality is high with estimates varying from 4 and 18% in different registries. Due to large differences in AHF definitions...
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عنوان ژورنال: ESC Heart Failure
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2055-5822,2055-5822
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12092