Key Discussion Points:

• Early treatment of acute heart failure with loop diuretics lowers mortality despite initial mortality risk, and this treatment strategy might be even more effective in high-risk AHF patients
• Earlier treatment/identification of acute heart failure relied heavily on classic symptoms/signs suggestive of congestion
  • Orthopnea
  • Elevated JVP
  • Peripheral edema
  • Rales
  • Pulmonary edema