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Filter by:The period of about a month after the discharge of acute heart failure patients is defined as a transition time. During this period, the patient has a high mortality rate and a readmission rate because the patient is not stabilized. In the United States and Europe, the readmission rate is more than 25% within 30 days, and the mortality rate within 30 days after discharge is three times that of patients with chronic heart failure. The TRANS-HF is a prospective, randomized, multi-center, controlled study, which enrolls patients with acute heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The objective of TRANS-HF is to improve GAI at six months through three interventions: pre-discharge checklist, heart failure education, and telephone monitoring before the first outpatient visit.
Acute heart failure is a common reason for emergency department visits and hospitalization, but the diagnosis can be challenging because of non-specific symptoms and signs. The current diagnostic approach to acute heart failure has modest accuracy, leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment, which associate with worse prognosis. Prior work suggests diagnostic accuracy can be improved with the addition of multiple circulating biomarkers discovered through proteomics, and this study will derive and validate a multi-marker model to improve diagnostic accuracy for acute heart failure in the emergency department.
Heart Failure research registry is a collection of computerized information about individuals with heart failure. The database in this registry is obtained from several Jordanian medical centers which will represent an extremely valuable resource for epidemiological research on heart failure patients.
Metabolic alkalosis (MA) is the most common acid-base disorder and when it's severe it can have effects on cellular function and contribute to an increase in mortality. MA is a common complication of heart failure (HF) especially when patients are treated with diuretics, but few studies have analyzed the prevalence of acid-base disorders in patients with HF. All these studies have shown that MA is more common in patients with HF in more advanced stages and that the use of diuretics increases the prevalence of MA. The study hypothesis, based on clinical experience and the few data that exist in the scientific literature, is that MA is a frequent analytical disorder in patients admitted for decompensated HF and that its presence entails a worse short-term vital prognosis. The ALCALOTIC study is an observational cohort and prospective study. The main objectives of the study are the following: 1. To determine the prevalence of MA in patients admitted for decompensated HF 2. To analyze if there are differences in patients admitted for HF according to the presence of MA on admission 3. To determine if the presence of MA has an influence on the short-term prognosis in patients admitted for decompensated HF
This study will evaluate whether supplementation of exogenous ketones in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and acutely decompensated heart failure requiring inotropic therapy would improve the patient's hemodynamics and symptoms.
The study will include patients with acute heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (<40%) triggered by atrial fibrillation (AF) with a heart rate of >130/min. Patients in cardiogenic shock, critical state, or patients requiring emergent electric cardioversion during the first 2 hours will be excluded. The patients will be randomized (1:1) to a strategy of initial intensive heart rate control using continuous infusion of landiolol and boluses of digoxin vs. standard approach to the rate control without the use of landiolol. All patients will receive recommended pharmacotherapy of acute heart failure (diuretics, nitrates, inotropes in patients with signs of low cardiac output - preferentially milrinone or levosimendan). The patients will undergo hemodynamic monitoring, laboratory testing, evaluation of symptoms, and quantification of lung water content by ultrasound for 48 hours. The study will test a hypothesis whether patients treated with initial intensive heart rate control with the preferential use of landiolol will achieve faster heart rate control, compensation of heart failure, and relief of heart failure symptoms without causing hypotension or deterioration of heart failure.
Evaluate lung ultrasound aspect according to diuretics dosage evolution in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate dyspnea improvement and other parameters of efficacy and safety in acute heart failure (AHF) patients receiving an intravenous (IV) infusion of clevidipine in comparison to standard of care (SOC) and placebo.
Between 25% and 30% of patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF) are readmitted within 90 days after discharge. Mostly due to persistent congestion on discharge. However, as the optimal evaluation of decongestion is not clearly defined, it is necessary to implement new tools to identify subclinical congestion to guide treatment.
This is a randomized trial of protocolized diuretic therapy guided by urinary sodium compared to structured usual care in ED patients with AHF. Participants will be recruited following an initial standard evaluation in the ED and randomized in a 1:1 fashion to structured usual care or protocolized diuretic therapy guided by urinary sodium.