1. Editorial

   • Clyde W. Yancy

   EditorialNotes Pages: 177 - 178

2. Overview of Acutely Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure (ADHF): A Report from the ADHERE Registry

   • Gregg C. Fonarow
   • ADHERE® Scientific Advisory Committee
   • Eliot Corday

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 185

3. Emergency Department Management of Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

   • W. Franklin Peacock IV
   • Charles L. Emerman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 193

4. The Cardiorenal Syndrome: Lessons from the ADHERE Database and Treatment Options

   • J. Thomas Heywood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 201

5. Practical Application of Human B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Therapeutic Intervention in the Perioperative Setting

   • David S. Feldman
   • Benjamin Sun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 208

6. Treatment with B-Type Natriuretic Peptide for Chronic Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights Learned from the Follow-Up Serial Infusion of Nesiritide (FUSION) Trial

   • Clyde W. Yancy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 216