RT Book, Section
A1 Reed, Brent N.
A1 Rodgers, Jo E.
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 1179732848
T1 Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
T2 McGraw Hill’s NAPLEX® Review Guide, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264258062
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179732848
RD 2024/04/19
AB Heart  failure  (HF)  is  a  progressive  syndrome  resulting  from  abnormal  cardiac  structure  or  function  impairing  the  ability  of  the  ventricle  to  fill  with  or  eject  blood.  Acute  decompensated  heart  failure  (ADHF)  characterizes  patients  with  worsening  HF  signs  or  symptoms,  often  requiring  hospitalization.  Patients  with  persistent  symptoms  or  refractory  HF  despite  optimal  oral  therapies  are  classified  as  stage  D  by  the  American  College  of  Cardiology/American  Heart  Association  staging  system.  Additionally,  ADHF  patients  have  symptoms  with  minimal  activity  or  at  rest  and  thus  are  most  commonly  classified  as  New  York  Heart  Association  class  III  or  IV.