Algorithm for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Heart Failure

Acute heart failure (AHF) and acute decompensation of chronic heart failure (ADHF) are urgent health problems. The main tasks of the managing the patients with these conditions include the achieving of optimal and stable resolution of edema and dyspnea, the tissue perfusion improving, the severity of clinical symptoms reducing, the exercise tolerance increasing, the progression of heart failure preventing, the preventing of the target organs dysfunction, complications, decompensations and hospitalizations, the increasing of survival and improving the quality of life. The algorithm for diagnosis, clinical patient profiles recognition, pharmacological (including diuretics, vasodilators, inotropes, vasopressors, anticoagulants, etc.) and non-pharmacological (including oxygen therapy, non-invasive and invasive ventilation, etc.) approaches to the management of AHF and ADHF are presented in accordance with contemporary guidelines.