Problem: Self-care of heart failure (HF) requires numerous behavior changes in persons with HF, including actively recognizing, interpreting and treating symptoms. Failure to recognize and properly interpret HF symptoms can lead to delay in seeking treatment, worsened symptoms and ultimately costly ...
G. et al. Diuretic strategies in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. N. Engl. J. Med. 364, 797–805 (2011). In patients with ADHF, there are no substantial differences in the global assessment of symptoms or short-term impact on renal function when furosemide is administered ...
Heart failure often develops and progresses over time, although its symptoms can come on suddenly. This is known as acute heart failure.You might also hear it called "congestive heart failure," which means fluid has accumulated in other body parts due to poor blood circulation. Not all cases ...
Heart Failure Symptoms You may not have any symptoms of heart failure. If you do have symptoms, they might be constant or come and go. They can be so mild you barely notice them or severe enough to affect your daily life. Early signs of heart failure in adults Look for these five earl...
急性失代偿性心力衰竭(acute decompensated heart failure, ADHF)是急性呼吸窘迫的常见病因且可能致命。这种临床综合征的特点为呼吸困难,通常伴有液体在肺间质及肺泡腔中迅速聚积,这是由心脏充盈压急速上升导致的(心源性肺水肿)。ADHF也可以...
Most treatments for heart failure can only slow it down or ease your symptoms. Soon, it may be possible to fix what causes it. Doctors are testing whether stem cells can repair or replace damaged heart cells. Where Do Stem Cells Come From? Stem cells can grow into many different kinds of...
When heart failure affects mainly the left side of the heart, the symptoms are more likely to involve breathing difficulties. When mainly the right side is affected, the main symptoms may be leg swelling and abdominal swelling.Your doctor will review your medical history and ask for details ...
Heart failure is the final situation in the natural history of the majority of heart diseases. Once the first signs or symptoms appear the prognosis clearly worsens. Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, University of Barcelona, Avda. San Antonio Maria Claret 167, 08...
Among 109 patients randomized to receive thestem cell therapyor a placebo, those receiving thestem cell therapy, showed a 37 percent lower rate of the trial’s primary endpoint, a composite of deaths, cardiovascular hospitalizations and clinic visits for sudden worsening of heart failure symptoms, ...
A second set of guidelines was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Framingham Heart Study and combined signs and symptoms of HF, normal LVEF (>50%), and invasive evidence of diastolic LV dysfunction to provide 3 different levels of evidence for HFNEF (15). Definite HF...