Heart failure (HF) accounts for 1.8 million hospitalizations annually in India and affects 2–3% of the world’s population. 1 Congestion occurrence plays a central role in acute HF decompensation, and is a leading cause of hospitalization and functional deterioration. Pulmonary congestion in HF leads to an urgent emergency department or clinic visits that result in hospital readmissions. Traditional clinical assessment evaluating peripheral and central signs of congestion is not accurate enough.
Additionally, current methods to monitor patients have demonstrated modest accuracy, including auscultation or relying upon implantable devices, weight measurements, and chest X-rays. 2 Therefore, assessment of pulmonary congestion early before symptom deterioration to reduce hospitalizations is the real challenge. 3 In this regard, Terumo and Lupin have organized a clinically insightful…
