Heart failure

Heart failure often develops after other cardiac conditions have damaged or weakened your heart. Over time, the heart can no longer keep up with even the normal demands placed on it.
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Heart failure: Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure of the heart to pump blood with normal efficiency.
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Heart failure is a complex medical condition. There are several types of heart failure and a variety of causes.
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CHF; Congestive heart failure
Symptoms:
Weight gain
Swelling of feet and ankles
Swelling of the abdomen
Pronounced neck veins
Loss of appetite, indigestion
Nausea and vomiting
Shortness of breath with activity, or after lying down for a while ...
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Heart failure is a serious disorder that carries a reduced life expectancy. Many forms of heart failure can be controlled with medication and correction of underlying disorders.
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Heart failure may affect the right side of the heart (right ventricle), the left side (left ventricle), or both sides of the heart.
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Heart failure
Dr Rob Hicks
Heart failure affects at least one in 100 people in the UK, is responsible for one in 20 admissions to hospital and is more deadly than many cancers. But the good news is, it can be treated.
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Heart failure is essentially a disease of the heart muscle or the valves of the heart which make it weak or fail, as its name suggests. So, the heart cannot continue to form its normal function.
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If heart failure is caused by a congenital (present at birth) heart defect or an acquired heart problem such as rheumatic valve disease, surgical repair of the problem may be necessary. Medications often are helpful in treating CHF initially.
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Congestive Heart Failure
Related Category: Pathology
inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body.
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE - A condition where there is ineffective pumping of the heart leading to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
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Congestive heart failure, also known as CHF, is a condition in which a weakened heart cannot pump enough blood to body organs. Since the pumping action of the heart is reduced, blood backs up into certain body tissues.
What is going on in the body?
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Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a disorder in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently.
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Heart failure. When the heart is unable to maintain adequate blood flow throughout the circulatory system, the excess fluid pressure within the blood vessels can cause shifts into the interstitial spaces.
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Heart failure
Angina (chest pain)
Stroke
All of the above
2. Which of these steps will do the MOST to help lower your cholesterol level?
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pneumonia
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cancer.
Some drugs may cause coughing as a side effect. Examples of such drugs are ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers, which are drugs used to treat high blood pressure.
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Heart failure is a serious illness which requires good management. This article outlines the recommended treatments.
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HEART FAILURE"So far, we have only discussed heart attack, which is an interruption in blood flow to the heart. But there is also heart failure, which is inadequate blood flow from the heart.
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For heart failure patients who aren't able to take ACE inhibitors, another heart drug also mentioned at the ESC meeting and in The Lancet could offer help.
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Val-HeFT (valsartan heart failure trial) Multinational morbidity and mortality study investigating the use of valsartan in conjunction with standard treatments, e.g., ACE inhibitors, in patients with previously treated and untreated CHF.
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Another of the early signs may be dilated cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart) and congestive heart failure in infants under 1 year of age. Infants with the syndrome gain excessive weight during the first year of life and become obese.
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Fluid overload or congestive heart failure, in which fluid backs up behind the heart into the lungs, that cannot be improved enough with medications that encourage elimination of fluid (diuretics) ...
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Heart attacks, strokes, diabetes mellitus and heart failure are the most common of these. The seriousness of this severe affliction is obvious from the medical term that describes it -- morbid obesity.
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In a 2005 study, men and women with vascular disease or diabetes who took 400 IU of vitamin E daily for 7 years had a 13 percent increased risk of heart failure compared with participants taking a placebo (6).
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Norepinephrine is released, along with Epinephrine, from the adrenals and from nerves when heart failure takes place. These hormones are the first line of defence during any sudden stress.
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diuretics used to treat congestive heart failure such as spironolactone or eplerenone
blood pressure drugs called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)
the antibiotic trimethoprim ...
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Complications can arise, such as heart failure or stroke, but appropriate treatment reduces these risks.
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A child with a congenital heart defect develops signs of congestive heart failure, which includes:
- Rapid breathing
- Coughing ...
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However, there are other diseases which produce similar symptoms to asthma including blockage of the upper airways by tumour, scars, thyroid enlargement, congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
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Mineral found in salt and in many foods. Too much sodium can cause the body to retain fluid in people with heart failure and can aggravate high blood pressure.
Stroke ...
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Nothing, in fact, could be further from the truth! Left untreated, hypertension can lead to stroke, heart attack, kidney damage, congestive heart failure, and death.
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Congestive heart failure A buildup of fluid in the lungs or extremities, or both (especially the legs). This occurs if the heart cannot pump the blood adequately. Cyst An accumulation of fluid or semisolid material within a sac.
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