Algorithms in Heart Failure

Alan S Maisel MDProfessor in Medicine, Director, CCU and HF Program, Department of Medicine and Cardiology, VA Medical Centre, University of California, San Diego, California, USA Gerasimos S Filippatos MD FESC FCCP President Elect, Heart Failure Association, European Society of Cardiology, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Greece

• How to Evaluate Dyspnea in the Emergency DepartmentHeart Failure Disposition: When to Admit, When to Observe, and When to Discharge HomeUsing Natriuretic Peptides in the Emergency DepartmentThe Role of Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Heart FailureUse of Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis in the Dyspneic PatientMechanical Ventilation in Acute Heart Failure: The Role of NoninvasiveWhen to Employ Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiac, Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Heart FailureWhen to Discharge the Heart Failure PatientApproaches to Diuretics in the HospitalVasodilators in Acute Heart FailureWhen and How to Use Inotropes?Practical Approach to Hyponatremia in Heart FailureHeart Failure and Acute Coronary SyndromeEchocardiography: Getting It RightInitiation of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors and, Beta Blockers in Heart Failure: Putting Evidence into PracticeAtrial Fibrillation Done RightVentricular Tachycardia Done RightManagement of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection FractionImplantable Cardioverter-defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients: How to Choose the Right Device for the Right PatientsClinical Decision-making in the Outpatient Setting: The Use of Galectin-3ST2: How to Really Do It RightUsing Cardiac Troponin to Assist in the Management of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure—A Practical GuideHeart Failure in the Nursing Home SettingHeart Failure from the Nursing PerspectiveLeft Ventricular Assist Device Versus Transplantation: How to DecideApproach to Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Follow-up in Advanced Congestive Heart FailureHow to Approach Palliative and End-of-life CareHypertrophic CardiomyopathyTakotsubo CardiomyopathyMyocarditisAIDS-induced Cardiac Abnormalities and Heart FailureNew onset Cardiomyopathy: Biopsy or MRI and other Imaging Modalities