determination and the implementation of preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic medical
strategies. However, the ESC Guidelines do not override in any way whatsoever the individual …

The vast majority of acute heart failure episodes are characterized by increasing symptoms
and signs of congestion with volume overload. The goal of therapy in those patients is the …

Acute right ventricular ( RV ) failure is a complex clinical syndrome that results from many
causes. Research efforts have disproportionately focused on the failing left ventricle, but …

Aims The objective of the EuroHeart Failure Survey II (EHFS II) was to assess patient
characteristics, aetiology, treatment, and outcome of acute heart failure (AHF) in Europe in relation …

Aims The objectives of the present study were to describe epidemiology and outcomes in
ambulatory heart failure ( HF ) patients stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction ( LVEF ) and …

Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical picture and outcome of cardiogenic
shock and to develop a risk prediction score for short‐term mortality. Methods and results …

… Veli-Pekka Harjola MD … Veli-Pekka Harjola MD … Currently, the mean boarding time in
Helsinki University Central Hospital is 4 to 8 hours (unpublished data, Veli Pekka Harjola, Helsinki …

Acute heart failure is a syndrome in which emergency physicians, cardiologists, intensivists,
nurses, and other healthcare providers have to cooperate to provide ‘rapid’benefit to the …

Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex multifactorial clinical syndrome with extremely high
mortality, developing as a continuum, and progressing from the initial insult (underlying cause) …

Aims To identify differences in clinical epidemiology, in‐hospital management and 1‐year
outcomes among patients hospitalized for acute heart failure ( AHF ) and enrolled in the …