Acute precipitants: non-adherence with diet or medications acute myocardial ischaemia / infarction new onset arrhythmia intercurrent infection, especially pulmonary new drug therapies negative inotropy β blockers ca blockers antiarrhythmics fluid retention NSAIDs dietary sodium and water acute pulmonary embolism anaemia thyrotoxicosis Clinical Assessment: Aim to establish the underlying cardiac diagnosis, to identify precipitating factors, to … Continue reading Congestive Heart Failure