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Hypoalbuminemia in elderly patients with acute diastolic heart failure

Stéphane Arquès, MD^*, Pierre Ambrosi, MD, PhD^,*, Richard Gélisse, MD^*, Roger Luccioni, MD, FACC and Gilbert Habib, MD, FACC

^* Department of Cardiology, Aubagne Hospital, Aubagne,France;
Department of Cardiology, la Timone Hospital, Marseille, France

View larger version (27K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Starling's imbalance forces in patients with acute dyspnea and either acute heart failure or pulmonary disease. Relationship between pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) (mm Hg) and serum colloid osmotic pressure (COP) (mm Hg) according to the group. Open circles = diastolic heart failure; open triangles = systolic heart failure; solid diamonds = pulmonary disease.