TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Acute Heart Failure A1 - Collins, Sean P. A1 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Cline, David M. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e AB - Acute heart failure covers a wide spectrum of illness, ranging from a gradual increase in leg swelling, shortness of breath, or decreased exercise tolerance to the abrupt onset of pulmonary edema. While alternative terms such as decompensated heart failure, acute heart failure syndrome, or hospitalized with heart failure have been used nearly interchangeably over the last decade, we refer to patients with either an acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure or a new-onset heart failure as having acute heart failure. The term congestive heart failure is outdated and describes patients with signs and symptoms of fluid accumulation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121503914 ER -