Decongestive Strategies in Acute Heart Failure

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Cardiology Grand Rounds

Dr. Steven R. Goldsmith, Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Director of the Heart Failure Program at Hennepin County Medical Center, and Director of the Minnesota Heart Failure Consortium, explains the importance of congestion as a contributor to the pathophysiology of acute heart failure, describes the limits of current decongestive strategies and the promise of newer modalities and discusses emerging insights concerning the relationship between congestion and the cardiorenal syndrom in acute heart failure.