title: Introduction to acute heart failure syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. m-gheorghiade@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghiade
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mebazaa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013577:Syndrome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology