心力衰竭(Heart Failure)是一种心脏的器质性病变,表现为心脏供血能力不足,不能够为身体提供足够的供血供氧。发病率在总人群中约1.5-2%,65岁以上人群中为6-10%,5年存活率不足50%,且对医疗系统压力很大,是最“贵”的疾病,加拿大每年医药开销约6%用于治疗心力衰竭。最常见的也是本文的重点是左心室衰竭(Left Ventri...
congestive heart failureend-stage clinical syndromepalliative managementpulmonary edemaSummary In general terms, heart failure is an end-stage clinical syndrome that occurs secondary to severe, overwhelming cardiac disease. Heart failure is most commonly caused by chronic disease that results in a marked ...
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have reported prognosis differences between male and female heart failure patients following cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). However, the potential clinical factors that underpin these differences remain to be elucidated. METHODS: A meta-analysis was performed to investiga...
Chapter 11. Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure 来自 Wiley 喜欢 0 阅读量: 26 作者:EKKF Fase,MIM Rdcs,GDP Facc 摘要: Summary This chapter contains sections titled: Dilated cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Restrictive cardiomyopathy Differential diagnosis of forms of cardiomyopathy with normal systolic...
HeartFailure(HF)Definition Acomplexclinicalsyndromeinwhichtheheartisincapableofmaintainingacardiacoutputadequatetoaccommodatemetabolicrequirementsandthevenousreturn.严重患者发生急性糜烂性胃炎的病理机制可能为胃粘膜屏障功能减弱。胃粘膜的血流减少和可能伴有的酸分泌增加(如烧伤，中枢神经系统创伤和败血症)可促进粘膜炎症和...
Heart failure (HF) is an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality. The annual incidence of HF in the U.S. has recently been estimated at 465,000 and is steadily rising, despite advances in medical therapy. Five-year survival rates are near 50% (1). Obesity is regarded as ...
RESULTS--Heart failure progressed to class IV in nine patients (10.8%) treated with captopril and in 23 patients (26.4%) treated with placebo (p = 0.01). The mean survival time until this end point was 223 days longer in the captopril group (Kaplan-Meier life table analysis; p = 0.02)...
Objective:The aim of this study was to describe the nurse-led heart failure care in Sweden.Methods:A postal questionnaire was sent to all 86 hospitals in Sweden treating heart failure patients. All hospitals completed the questionnaire, which contained 20 questions about heart failure nurses, patien...
In this document, we propose a universal definition of heart failure (HF) as the following: HF is a clinical syndrome with symptoms and or signs caused by a structural and/or functional cardiac abnormality and corroborated by elevated natriuretic peptide levels and or objective evidence of pulmonar...
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is another CVD that occurs when the heart is unable to pump blood normally. In this condition, the heart works less efficiently than normal. CHF is characterized by weakened heart muscle that contracts with less strength and efficiency5 and may be caused because ...