title: [Medical treatment of acute heart failure].
abstract: Medical treatment of acute decompensated heart failure has little changed in the last years, except with the advent of non-invasive ventilation. Doppler-echocardiography and BNP dosing have simplified the diagnostic approach and limited the need for invasion evaluation. Vasodilators remain probably underused whereas some doubts have emergency regarding the safety of positive inotropes. Analysis of the hemodynamic profile is mandatory for an optimal management of these patients. The next decade will be that of morbimortality trials in this common form of heart failure with severe prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Beaujon, 100, boulevard du Général-Leclerc, 92118 Clichy cedex, France. alain.cohen-solal@bjn.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen Solal
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tartière
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chavelas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beauvais
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Logeart
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
vernacular_title: Traitement médical de l'insuffisance cardiaque aiguë décompensée.