Updates on Prevention of Acute Heart Failure
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 537
Special Issue Editor
2. Centre of Molecular Research in Nephrology and Vascular Disease, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Vic-tor Babes” Timisoara, E. Murgu Square, Nr. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
3. County Emergency Hospital “Pius Brinzeu”, L. Rebreanu, Nr. 156, 300723 Timisoara, Romania
Interests: pulmonary hypertension; heart failure; heart rate variability; myocarditis; pericarditis; COVID-19 and post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
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Dear Colleagues,
According to the World Health Organization reports, cardiovascular diseases represent the leading cause of mortality, being responsible for around 32% of the global death count. Cardiovascular pathologies, either undiagnosed or already treated, tend to lead to heart failure during their evolution. In recent decades, the incidence of heart failure has increased and is diagnosed even in younger age groups; therefore, heart failure has become a problem for healthcare systems worldwide. For chronic heart failure, the pathophysiological mechanisms are better known, several classifications, according to the severity of symptoms or ejection fraction, etc., are available, and innovative therapies manage to prolong the life expectancy of the affected patients. Meanwhile, acute heart failure remains the most invalidating category, with elevated morbidity/mortality, often responsible for most of the hospitalizations in intensive care units requiring specialized care, and a less stipulated background, being harder to treat and raising costs for healthcare systems.
Although several new therapeutic options (drugs and mini-invasive procedures) are now available for the management of acute heart failure, its incidence remains very high, and therapeutic successes are limited.
This Special Issue focuses on original articles and reviews, suggesting new options to prevent and treat acute heart failure.
Dr. Cristina Tudoran
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- acute heart failure
- treatment of acute heart failure
- management of acute heart failure
- prevention of acute heart failure
- chronic decompensated heart failure
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