This multicenter observational, open-label registry will compile a clinical database on the medical management of patients hospitalized and treated for acute heart failure using information collected from acute care hospitals worldwide. The target population consists of patients admitted to an acute care hospital who are actively treated for acute heart failure, where acute heart failure is defined as new-onset of heart failure with decompensation or chronic heart failure with decompensation. Patients' eligibility is based upon the presence of an acute heart failure diagnosis and it is not tied to the use of specific treatment or therapeutic agent or regimen. The study objectives are: 1) To assist hospitals in evaluating and improving quality of care for patients with acute heart failure by tracking quality indicators and providing benchmark data reports. 2) To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who are hospitalized with acute heart failure. 3) To characterize the initial emergency department evaluation and subsequent inpatient management of patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. 4) To identify patients characteristics and medical care practices associated with improved health outcomes in those hospitalized with acute heart failure. 5) To offer surveillance of adherence to practice guidelines and these emerge for the inpatient management of acute heart failure.

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