Ural, DilekÇavuşoğlu, YükselEren, MehmetKaraüzüm, KurtuluşTemizhan, AhmetYılmaz, Mehmet BirhanZoghi, Mehdi2024-10-262024-10-2620152149-2263https://doi.org/10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6567https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/26699Acute heart failure (AHF) is a life threatening clinical syndrome with a progressively increasing incidence in general population. Turkey is a country with a high cardiovascular mortality and recent national statistics show that the population structure has turned to an 'aged' population. As a consequence, AHF has become one of the main reasons of admission to cardiology clinics. This consensus report summarizes clinical and prognostic classification of AHF, its worldwide and national epidemiology, diagnostic work-up, principles of approach in emergency department, intensive care unit and ward, treatment in different clinical scenarios and approach in special conditions and how to plan hospital discharge. © 2015 by Turkish Society of Cardiology.en10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6567info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcute heart failure; Diagnosis; ManagementArticle1511889860265747572-s2.0-84994382205Q3