Highlights from the British Society for Heart Failure 16(th) Annual Autumn Meeting: 'Making sense of acute heart failure'.
16th Annual Autumn Meeting of the British Society of Heart Failure: 'Making sense of acute heart failure', London, UK, 28-29 November 2013 The 16th Annual Autumn Meeting of the British Society of Heart Failure entitled 'Making sense of acute heart failure' took place on the 28-29 November 2013 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. This year saw the 1000th member join the British Society of Heart Failure and over 700 delegates from the UK, Europe and North America attended this year's meeting. Professionals from a range of backgrounds were present including physicians, nurses, scientists, trainees and representatives from industry. The symposium, which is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Nursing, highlighted that although we have recently seen substantial progress in the management and outcomes of patients with chronic heart failure, acute heart failure management and outcomes have not changed significantly over almost a generation.
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK.
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D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054869:Clinical Audit; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015897:Comorbidity; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006113:United Kingdom
D004232:Diuretics; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C056452:Ularitide; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor