title: Recommendations on pre-hospital and early hospital management of acute heart failure: a consensus paper from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, the European Society of Emergency Medicine and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine--short version.
authors.affiliation: University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, U942 Inserm, Hôpitaux Lariboisière Saint Louis University Hospitals, Paris, France alexandre.mebazaa@lrb.aphp.fr alexandre.mebazaa@lrb.ap-hop-paris.fr.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mebazaa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas 58140, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Birhan
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.affiliation: Wroclaw Medical University, 4th Military Hospital, Weigla 5, Wroclaw 50-981, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ponikowski
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub General Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: W Frank
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Peacock
authors.affiliation: Inserm U942, APHP Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis Lariboisière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laribi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Clinical Center of Serbia and Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Arsen D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ristic
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Cyprus University of Technology, School of Health Sciences, Limassol, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Ekaterini
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lambrinou
authors.affiliation: Consorci Sanitari Integral, Hospital Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi and Hospital General Hospitalet, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masip
authors.affiliation: Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jillian P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.affiliation: King's College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McDonagh
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: deFilippi
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Veli-Pekka
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Harjola
authors.affiliation: University of Luebeck, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Medical Clinic II, Luebeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thiele
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure Unit, Cardiac Dept., Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, AUSL Piacenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Piepoli
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, The Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metra
authors.affiliation: ANMCO Resarch Center, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maggioni
authors.affiliation: BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: John J V
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: McMurray
authors.affiliation: University of Bergen, Stavanger University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dickstein
authors.affiliation: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Damman
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Petar M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Seferovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, Rämistrasse 100, Zürich 8091, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruschitzka
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Adelino F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Leite-Moreira
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Emergency Medicine Department of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA Faculty of Medicine, University Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Abdelouahab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellou
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Cachexia Research, Department of Cardiology, Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany Division of Innovative Clinical Trials, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Anker
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Gerasimos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filippatos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003422:Critical Care; D004232:Diuretics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D010100:Oxygen