Acute heart failure management in Turkey is outlined in this consensus report, which provides tailored recommendations for diagnosis, triage, and treatment based on national epidemiological data.
This consensus report provides tailored recommendations for the diagnosis and management of acute heart failure in Turkey, highlighting epidemiological differences such as younger age and higher rates of coronary artery disease compared to Western populations.
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a life threatening clinical syndrome with a progressively increasing incidence in general population. Turkey is a country with a high cardiovascular mortality and recent national statistics show that the population structure has turned to an 'aged' population.As a consequence, AHF has become one of the main reasons of admission to cardiology clinics. This consensus report summarizes clinical and prognostic classification of AHF, its worldwide and national epidemiology, diagnostic work-up, principles of approach in emergency department,intensive care unit and ward, treatment in different clinical scenarios and approach in special conditions and how to plan hospital discharge.
Ural et al. (Thu,) conducted a review in Acute heart failure. Acute heart failure management in Turkey is outlined in this consensus report, which provides tailored recommendations for diagnosis, triage, and treatment based on national epidemiological data.
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