Examples of congestive heart failure in the following topics:
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- Congestive cardiac failure is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs.
- Heart failure is a common, costly, disabling, and potentially deadly condition.
- Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in people older than 65.
- Often termed "congestive heart failure" or CHF, this is most commonly caused when cardiac output is low and the body becomes congested with fluid.
- Heart failure can result from any one, or combinations of, cardiomyopathies or problems within the heart muscle, and these problems can result in heart failure.
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- Heart failure (HF), often called congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF), is an inability of the heart to provide sufficient pump action to distribute blood flow to meet the needs of the body.
- Heart failure is a common, costly, disabling, and potentially deadly condition.
- In developed countries, around 2% of adults suffer from heart failure, but in those over the age of 65, this increases to 6–10%.
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- As a person ages, the walls of the heart thicken, the heart becomes heavier, valves stiffen and leak, and the aorta becomes larger.
- As a person ages, the walls of the heart thicken and the heart becomes heavier, heart valves stiffen and are more likely to calcify, and the aorta, the major vessel carrying blood out of the heart, becomes larger.
- The heart muscle becomes less efficient with age with a decrease in both maximum cardiac output and heart rate, although resting levels may be more than adequate.
- A weak ventricle is not an efficient pump, so this issue may progress to congestive heart failure.
- The heart valves may become thickened by fibrosis or calcification, leading to heart murmurs and less efficient pumping.
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- Heart failure is defined as the inability of the heart to supply blood to the organs of the body.
- Heart failure (HF), often called congestive heart failure (CHF), is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body.
- Heart failure may also occur when the body's requirements for oxygen and nutrients are increased and the demand outstrips what the heart can provide, (termed high-output cardiac failure).
- Heart murmurs may indicate the presence of valvular heart disease, either as a cause (aortic stenosis) or result (mitral regurgitation) of heart failure.
- Echocardiography is commonly used to support a clinical diagnosis of heart failure.
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- The heart muscle becomes less efficient with age, with a decrease in both maximum cardiac output and heart rate.
- A weak ventricle is not an efficient pump, potentially leading to congestive heart failure.
- Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted, causing death of heart tissue.
- The heart valves may also become thickened by fibrosis, leading to heart murmurs and less efficient pumping.
- In the elderly, ventricular diastolic stiffness can lead to pulmonary circulatory congestion.
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- Cardiogenic shock is caused by a failure of the heart to pump correctly, either due to damage to the heart muscle through myocardial infarction or through cardiac valve problems, congestive heart failure, or dysrhythmia.
- Obstructive shock is caused by an obstruction of blood flow outside of the heart.
- Neurogenic shock arises due to damage to the central nervous system, which impairs cardiac function by reducing heart rate and loosening the blood vessel tone, resulting in severe hypotension.
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- Muscle atrophy is often a result of disease such as cancer, AIDS, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, renal failure, and burns.
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- Increased CSF pressure: can indicate conditions causing increased intracranial pressure, such as congestive heart failure, cerebral edema, subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningeal inflammation, purulent meningitis or tuberculous meningitis, hydrocephalus, or pseudotumor cerebri.
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- In contrast, hyperchloremia, or higher-than-normal blood chloride levels, can occur due to dehydration, excessive intake of dietary salt (NaCl) or swallowing of sea water, aspirin intoxication, congestive heart failure, and the hereditary, chronic lung disease, cystic fibrosis.
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- Ischemic heart disease is caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, usually due to atherosclerosis, and can lead to a heart attack.
- Heart failure-difficulty in breathing or swelling of the extremities due to weakness of the heart muscle
- Ischemic heart disease is typically associated with an underlying specific heart disease.
- In patients with heart failure, stress testing or coronary angiography may be performed to identify and treat underlying coronary artery disease.
- This test examines blood flow to the heart during exertion, and can be used as a diagnostic tool in ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, and heart failure.