title: [Acute heart failure].
abstract: Acute heart failure is always an indication for referral to an intensive care unit. In the widest sense, the term acute heart failure includes the manifestation forms of pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock or rapid-onset decompensated cardiac insufficiency unaccompanied by shock or pulmonary edema (low-output syndrome). Acute heart failure may occur in the absence of previously known heart disease. Existing prior specific diseases that may end in acute cardiac insufficiency include acute myocardial infarction, decompensated cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, cardiac tamponade, endocarditis or arrhythmogenic heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Herzzentrum Augsburg-Schwaben, I. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Augsburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: v Scheidt
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D004630:Emergencies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Lungenödem--Low-output-Syndrom--kardiogener Schock. Die akute Herzinsuffizienz tritt immer als Notfall auf.