title: An introduction to acute heart failure syndromes: definition and classification.
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, Athens University Hospital Attikon, 12461, Athens, Greece. geros@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Gerasimos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filippatos
authors.forename: Faiez
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zannad
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome; D009626:Terminology as Topic