ReviewThe western journal of emergency medicine2019
Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Review.
Review in The western journal of emergency medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06624293 (Access BNP Assay Clinical Subject Sample Collection Enrollment Study Protocol), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systemic review and meta-analysis comparing the ability of diagnostic of the third heart sound and left ventricular ejection fraction in heart failure.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of motivational interviewing on health-service use and mortality: a secondary outcome analysis of the MOTIVATE-HF trial.ESC heart failure · 2021Trial
- The role of biomarkers across the care continuum in acute heart failure.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Development of a predictive model for high-flow nasal cannula treatment failure in emergency department patients with acute heart failure: a retrospective secondary data analysis.Journal of Korean biological nursing science · 2026Article
- Acute heart failure in a tertiary emergency department in Thailand: clinical characteristics and factors associated with in-hospital mortality.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Prospective Single-Arm Study.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2026Article
- Early emergency department decision support for heart failure hospitalization using triage-level unstructured and structured data: a retrospective cohort study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Integrating GDF-15 into Multimarker Assessment of Acute Heart Failure: Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension and obesity: a cross-sectional cohort study with survival follow-up.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026Article
- A Lung Ultrasound Radiomics-Based Machine Learning Model for Diagnosing Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Artificial Intelligence Analysis of Chest Radiographs for Predicting Major Adverse Events in Patients Visiting the Emergency Department With Acute Cardiopulmonary Symptoms.Korean journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Methods for Pulmonary Congestion and Pleural Effusion: A Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- A Comparison of Different Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure and Their Extensibility to Emergency Departments: A Critical Reappraisal.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Prognostic Markers of Adverse Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure: Use of Machine Learning and Network Analysis with Real Clinical Data.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A Genetic Test to Identify People at High Risk of Heart Failure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Ventricular Septal Rupture as a Complication of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Comparison of Different Treatment Methods.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2025Article
- Deficient Heart Function Syndrome: a new nursing diagnosis for people with heart failure.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Point-of-care ultrasonography spotlight: Could venous excess ultrasound serve as a shared language for internists and intensivists?World journal of critical care medicine · 2024Review
- Portal vein pulsatility: An important sonographic tool assessment of systemic congestion for critical ill patients.World journal of cardiology · 2024Article
- Novel Insights into the Cardioprotective Effects of the Peptides of the Counter-Regulatory Renin-Angiotensin System.Biomedicines · 2024Review
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Abstract
Heart failure is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED), which can be confused with other clinical conditions. This review provides an evidence-based summary of the current ED evaluation of heart failure. Acute heart failure is the gradual or rapid decompensation of heart failure, resulting from either fluid overload or maldistribution. Typical symptoms can include dyspnea, orthopnea, or systemic edema. The physical examination may reveal pulmonary rales, an S3 heart sound, or extremity edema. However, physical examination findings are often not sensitive or specific. ED assessments may include electrocardiogram, complete blood count, basic metabolic profile, liver function tests, troponin, brain natriuretic peptide, and a chest radiograph. While often used, natriuretic peptides do not significantly change ED treatment, mortality, or readmission rates, although they may decrease hospital length of stay and total cost. Chest radiograph findings are not definitive, and several other conditions may mimic radiograph findings. A more reliable modality is point-of-care ultrasound, which can facilitate the diagnosis by assessing for B-lines, cardiac function, and inferior vena cava size. These modalities, combined with clinical assessment and gestalt, are recommended.
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