Acute Heart Failure (AHF) is a potentially life-threatening clinical condition that can result from the worsening of an already diagnosed chronic heart failure (heart failure) or represent its onset event.
To increase the chances of survival and improve subsequent recovery, acute heart failure must be managed promptly, by experienced cardiologists and in properly equipped hospital facilities.
Even when implementing the best therapeutic interventions, however, favorable clinical outcomes cannot always be achieved, partly because of the complexity and frailty of the patients affected by the event.
