I am a 57 year old male and I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. How is congestive heart failure treated? The treatment depends on the condition that is causing the congestive heart failure. Having sai
HEART FAILURE--WHAT IS IT, AND HOW IS IT TREATED?Provides information on heart failure and how to prevent it.Medical Update
If the hydrogen ion concentration increases (that is, if the fluid becomes more acidic), then the chemoreceptors tell the respiratory centers to speed up. Hydrogen ion concentration is heavily influenced by the carbon dioxide concentration and bicarbonate concentration in the blood and CSF. Stretch:...
If one billion of cells is needed to efficiently repair a heart, the presence of even 0.1% undifferentiated cells in the therapeutic product would amount to 1 million cells with teratogenic potential. Particularly in combination with cloaking strategies (see below), such a risk may be too high ...
Communities in which children feel safe, in which they are heard, in which they and their parents are treated with respect, and in which there are strong norms of caring and mutual assistance would be fine places to live” (Melton, 2005, p.656). In short, the steps that must be taken...
Right heart failure is a poor prognostic factor for LVAD, and complications of severe right heart failure decrease the chances of heart transplantation [20]. No implantable devices for right heart assistance are covered by health insurance, and patients with a biventricular assist device (BiVAD) ...
Excess weight could definitely have an adverse effect on the body, particularly on one’s heart. The great thing is that there are small and simple steps that one can take to begin building and establish a healthier weight. Even losing a bit of body weight is already a good enough beginnin...
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that is, the time required for the arterial pressure wave to travel from the heart to a distant vessel27. In a small study, cuff-less BP measurements were compared with ambulatory device measurements28. Mean biases between the wearable and ambulatory devices over 24 h were 0.5 mmHg (–...
Diabetic coma is a life-threatening condition. The causes of diabetic coma can result in potentially fatal poisoning of the blood and organ failure. If not treated promptly, diabetic coma can result in permanent brain damage and death. Diabetic coma causes The three causes of diabetic coma are:...