{
  "abstract": "Across Europe, cardiovascular diseases account for up to 6% of all emergency department (ED) visits, with acute heart failure (AHF) representing the predominant cause.1 For a condition that is chronic by nature and demands structured, multidisciplinary management, the ED has paradoxically become a recurrent point of care. This reality reflects, at least in part, the persistent gap between guideline-directed recommendations and their implementation in everyday clinical practice. Inadequate coordination within primary and secondary outpatient care often precipitates episodes of decompensation, ultimately shifting the burden to already overstretched emergency services.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Institute of Clinical medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania"
      ],
      "name": "Jelena Čelutkienė"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Against the odds: improving survival in acute heart failure",
  "uid": "99b410e9-aa66-56e6-91ad-1553325a75ef"
}