Open AccessPathophysiology of Volume Overload in Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Author(s) -
Pang Peter S.,
Levy Philip
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
congestive heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-7133
pISSN - 1527-5299
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2010.00167.x
Subject(s) - volume overload , medicine , heart failure , intensive care medicine , volume (thermodynamics) , pressure overload , information overload , pathophysiology , cardiology , computer science , physics , cardiac hypertrophy , quantum mechanics , world wide web
Signs and symptoms of volume overload is a common feature in patients presenting with acute heart failure syndromes. Management of volume overload, or congestion, is an important goal of therapy. Despite the importance of volume overload management, the precise causes have not been fully elucidated. The authors review possible explanatory models of volume overload and reflect on recent insights from acute heart failure syndromes clinical trials and registries. Congest Heart Fail. 2010;16(4)( suppl 1):S1–S6. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.