Background: Cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis is associated with a poor prognosis and the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis is often problematic due to non-specific manifestations and problems with differentiating between secondary pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure due to cardiac ...
So when you have right-side heart failure, the right chamber has lost its ability to pump. That means your heart can’t fill with enough blood, and the blood backs up into the veins. If this happens, your legs, ankles, and belly often swell. What Are the Causes? Sometimes it just h...
Left-sided HF occurs due to weakness of the left ventricle and its inability to effectively pump oxygenated blood to the body. Jessica differentiates two main types of left-sided HF: Right-Sided Heart Failure Compensatory Mechanisms Acute vs Chronic vs Advanced HF ...
Patients who are diagnosed with carcinoid heart disease generally have poor prognoses because of advanced metastases during staging and few therapeutic options. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with right-sided heart failure, secondary to carcinoid heart disease caused by a primary ovarian...
Right-sided heart failureor right ventricular failure (RVF) is a reduction in the blood output from the right ventricle. The pressure in the right atrium may be decreased, normal or increased depending on the return of blood from the rest of the body. ...
Right-sided heart failure due to COPD Stage IV COPD Diagnosis To figure out if you’re in stage IV, your doctor will do a lung test called spirometry. It shows how well your lungs work. It measures: Forced vital capacity (FVC): The largest amount of air you can exhale forcefully after...
Right-Sided Heart Failure Trouble sleeping Dementia Death What is the treatment of COPD? Medical Treatment for COPD If smoking is the cause of COPD, the doctor will ask you to stop smoking immediately. He may then, based on the severity of your condition, prescribe bronchodilators which are ...
Meanwhile, the accumulation of mucus in the air passages can increase the blood pressure in the lungs, referred to aspulmonary hypertension. This, in turn, can affect the heart, leading tocor pulmonale(right-sided heart failure).Edema, the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the legs and ankles...
Heart failure can affect the left side of the heart, the right side of the heart, or both sides. Doctors also classify heart failure based on how well the heart can still pump. Left-sided heart failure. This is the most common type. The left side of the heart, called the left ventric...
Interstitial Lung Disease Complications The complications of severe interstitial lung disease can be life threatening: High blood pressure in your lungs, known as pulmonary hypertension Respiratory failure Right-sided heart failure, known as cor pulmonale...