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Review
. 2018 Jul/Aug;25(4):e475-e486.
doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000791.

Improving Postdischarge Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure

Ovidiu Chioncel  1   2 , Sean P Collins  3 , Andrew P Ambrosy  4 , Peter S Pang  5 , Elena-Laura Antohi  1   2 , Vlad Anton Iliescu  1   2 , Aldo P Maggioni  6   7 , Javed Butler  8 , Alexandre Mebazaa  9
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Improving Postdischarge Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure

Ovidiu Chioncel et al. Am J Ther. 2018 Jul/Aug.
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Figure 1
Initiating factors that precipitate HF admission (5). Abbreviations: AF=atrial fibrillation; HTN=hypertension.
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Figure 2
Comprehensive assessment during hospitalization and vulnerable period with identification of cardiac and non-cardiac structural targets. Abbreviations: CAD=coronary artery disease; CKD=chronic kidney disease; COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DM=diabetes melitus; ID=iron deficiency; HFpEF=heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF=heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HTN=hypertension; PA=pulmonary artery; PVR=pulmonary vascular resistances; RV=right ventricle; TR=tricuspid regurgitation
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Figure 3
Pathophysiology of right ventricular dysfunction and right ventricular failure with the four hemodynamic models. Abbreviations: ARVD=arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; CVP=central venous pressure; MI=myocardial infarction; PAP=pulmonary artery pressure; RV SV and LV SV =right and left stroke volume; PHT=pulmonary hypertension; PVR=pulmonary vascular resistance; RAP=right atrial pressure; TR=tricuspid regurgitation; TV=tricuspid valve.
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