American Registry of Ambulatory or Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient aged 18 years or older and one of the following:

• Hospitalized patient with admission diagnosis of acutely decompensated heart failureor

• Outpatient with confirmed diagnosis (main or complementary) of heart failure

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalized patient with principal diagnosis of another cardiovascular /non-cardiovascular pathology and who develops an acute decompensation of heartfailure during hospitalization.

• Patient on heart transplant waiting list

• Patient who has implanted or is in process of implanting a long-term ventricularassist device (eg, Heart Mate II, Heart Mate III) as a target therapy or bridgetherapy to other therapies

• Patient in whom palliative management has been previously defined for his/hercardiac condition (i.e. Heart failure) or for another associated medical condition (cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), etc.)

• Patient who is discharged or referred to another institution within 48 hours ofhospital stay

• Inability to comply with programmed follow-ups (telephone or in person) due tosocial, personal or other conditions considered by the principal investigator

• Life expectancy less than 6 months given a condition other than heart failure (Cancer, COPD, etc.)