RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hoyle, Brian
T1 Update on Diagnosis of AHF
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 12
SP 4
OP 6
DO 10.1177/155989771412001
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/12/4.abstract
AB A leadoff symposium at Heart Failure 2014 provided an update on the diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF). This article provides an overview of the clinical assessment of AHF, which is an increasingly common cause of hospitalization and death, as well as point-of-care pulmonary ultrasound in assessing pulmonary congestion, biomarkers in the diagnosis of AHF, and an overview of the assessment and monitoring of congestion using noninvasive devices.