Theoretical foundations on risk factors predictive of mortality due to acute heart failure

Introduction: Acute heart failure is a public health problem. It is necessary to predict the risk of mortality in these patients.Objective: to systematize the theoretical references that support the predictive risk factors for mortality due to acute heart failure.Development: different researchers approach the prediction process from different areas of knowledge, at the national and international level, and theoretical positions related to the topic are adopted.Conclusions: the systematization carried out on the prediction of mortality due to acute heart failure allowed us to establish an approach to the theoretical references that support the topic.