Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive Heart Failure
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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 (CHF) is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough oxygenated blood to meet the needs of the body's other organs. The heart keeps pumping, but not as efficiently as a healthy heart.
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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 Congestive Heart Failure Basics
Congenital Heart Disease
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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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Alternate Names
: Congestive Heart Failure - Left
Definition
Left-sided heart failure is a disorder in which the left side of the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently, thereby failing to meet the demands of the body.
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Congestive heart failure. Congestive heart failure is a condition in which your heart is damaged and can't pump sufficient blood to meet your body's needs.
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Congestive heart failure
Excessive protein catabolism (possibly due to starvation)
Excessive protein ingestion
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Hypovolemia (possibly due to burns or dehydration)
Myocardial infarction (heart attack) ...
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Congestive heart failure - right-sided
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:
Right-sided heart failure occurs in about 1 out of 20 people. Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of heart failure in the United States.
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Congestive Heart Failure
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congestive heart failure
serious heart inflammation
Abnormally high pulmonary artery pressure may indicate: ...
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- Congestive heart failure: Causes can include lung disease and high blood pressure. Obtain vitamin B1 and selenium.
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Emphysema or COPD
Congestive heart failure
ORGAN FAILURE
Acute or chronic kidney disease
Acute or chronic liver disease ...
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MOXCON (moxonidine congestive heart failure trial[s]) Global trials to test the efficacy of central sympathetic inhibition on the course of heart failure. See: SIRA and moxonidine. Sponsors: Eli Lilly and Solvay Pharmaceuticals.
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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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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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Heart problems -- such as congestive heart failure, heart attack, rheumatic heart disease and inflammation of the heart (pericarditis) -- can lead to AF.
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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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Plasmapheresis is useful for temporary, acute symptoms (such as retinopathy, congestive heart failure, and CNS dysfunction) but should be combined with chemotherapy for prolonged control of the disease.
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This fluid buildup is called congestion. It is why some doctors call the disease congestive heart failure.
Heart failure usually gets worse over time. But treatment can slow the disease and help you feel better and live longer.
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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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Acute kidney failure
Chronic kidney failure
Chronic glomerulonephritis
Congestive heart failure
High blood pressure
Nephrotic syndrome ...
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A study by medics in Sweden, published in the medical journal JAMA, has explored the risks of suffering congestive heart failure, one of the most common and fatal diseases in men and women.
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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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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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Infliximab may aggravate heart disease and increase the likelihood of congestive heart failure.
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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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