Evaluating Residual Congestion at Discharge in Acute Heart Failure Patients

"Evaluation of residual congestion at discharge will be made using:~* Clinical variables: composite congestion score calculated by summing the individual scores for orthopnoea, jugular venous distension and pedal oedema;~* Imaging variables: non-invasive left ventricular filling pressure, number of LUS B lines and the presence of pleural effusion, Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) score;~* Laboratory variables: hemoglobin and hematocrit, NT-proBNP, CA-125, ST2, troponin T, creatinine, AST, ALT, Na, K, urea, bilirubin, C-reactive protein."