Dear Colleagues,

Heart failure, the focus of this Special Issue, is a major and growing public health problem. About 26 million adults worldwide are living with heart failure. Patients with heart failure are on a downward spiral, with frequent hospitalizations for acute heart failure and high mortality rates posing a significant economic burden on healthcare systems and caregivers, deeply affecting patient´s quality of life. However, research on heart failure is an exciting field, and recent years have been witness to important progress in prevention, risk stratification, diagnosis, management, and treatment of heart failure. However, despite recent advances in chronic heart failure management, evidence on acute heart failure is scarcer. In this Special Issue of the journal, we invite you to consider contributing an original investigation, research paper or review article to any aspect related to acute heart failure management and treatment. This is an opportunity for physicians or researchers involved in heart failure to contribute to this exciting field and to the remarkable journey of advances in its management and therapeutics.

Dr. Enrique Santas
Guest Editor

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• Heart failure
• Biomarkers
• Cardiac imaging
• Therapeutics
• Devices
• Risk stratification
• Prognosis