Patients in stage D of congestive heart failure show signs and symptoms of heart failure even though they might not have undergone treatment and therapy to cure it. Monitoring of diet, exercise and blood pressure is still adhered during stage D. Patients at this stage are prescribed with medicat...
Depressed heart rate variation has been shown to predict a high mortality rate in patients with severe congestive heart failure. To determine whether the degree of altered heart rate correlates with the clinical state, 24-h Holter monitoring was performed in 21 patients (mean ejection fraction: 18...
Management of chronic diseases is often palliative by definition. Empowering primary care providers to manage symptoms and effectively prognosticate is necessary for this challenging population. In this article, the authors focus specifically on end-stage congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive ...
Sustained augmentation of parasympathetic tone with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in patients with congestive heart failure Objectives. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the changes in parasympathetic tone associated with long-term angiotensin-converting enzyme... Philip,F.,Binkley...
increasing the levels of carbon monoxide in the blood. Heart diseaseleading tocongestive heart failuremay also lower the amount of oxygen in the blood. Sudden, severe hypoxia may also cause brain damage and symptoms of dementia. Sudden hypoxia may occur if someone is comatose or has to be ...
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) are medications used to treat eligible patients with congestive heart failure and high blood pressure.121,122 These drugs block the effects of aldosterone, a steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that regulates sodium, potassium, and water in the ...
The level of this marker value can be affected by a number of factors, including age, menstrual status, and conditions such as endometriosis, pregnancy,liver disease, andcongestive heart failure. Cancers of the breast, pancreas, colon, and lung also secrete the CA-125 marker. ...
Previous research has shown that depression rates in the general community are 2 percent to 4 percent; among diabetes patients, 11 percent; amongcongestive heart failurepatients, 14 percent; and among coronary artery disease afterheart attackpatients, 16 percent. ...
There are different types of muscular dystrophy, and they differ from each other in terms of their symptoms and the type of gene involved. Some of these types also progress and lead to the development ofheartdisorders. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has some of the most severe outcomes and...
(due to bleeding and vascular problems in the eye [retinopathy]), neurologic problems (lethargy, confusion, sleepiness,headache, problems with sensation or movement in one area of the body [neuropathy],stroke), and shortness of breath orchest pain(due tocongestive heart failurecaused by an ...