Event recorder.This is like aHolter monitor, but it records only at specific times for a few minutes. You may need to push a button whenever you notice symptoms, or the recorder may be set to automatically recor
A heart attack feels like intense chest pain, the kind where someone is squeezing your chest really hard, or you're carrying a heavy weight on it. You could have this pain for a bit. You might also feel weak, dizzy, or like you're going to pass out, and you could start sweating ...
Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza (flu) infection usually causes a more severe illness with a mortality rate (death rate) of about 0.1% of people infected with the virus. Cold symptoms (for example, sore throat, runny nose, cough (with...
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF). Patients who have heart failure but with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction; that is, above 40–50% (there is no consensus for the cut-off). Neurohumoral profile A decrease in cardiac pump function that is associated with a neur...
continuous infusion and for the group that received a low dose of the diuretic (equivalent to the patients' previous oral dose) as compared with the group that received a high dose (2.5 times the previous oral dose)....
If electrolyte abnormalities occur because the kidneys are unable to regulate sodium, potassium, and calcium, there may be heart rhythm disturbances and muscle spasms. When should I seek medical care for hydronephrosis? A person with acute hydronephrosis usually develops significant pain and needs ...
This value was within the normal reference range for men (49 to 115 g/m2) (35), who composed 66% of the CHARMES substudy population. The SENIORS (Study of Effects of Nebivolol Intervention on Outcomes and Rehospitalization in Seniors With Heart Failure) used the beta-blocker nebivolol in ...
Pathophysiology is the process that leads to heart failure. When your heart doesn't pump strongly enough, your body adapts so it can meet your body's need for blood. The chambers of the heart may stretch so they can hold more blood to pump through your body. Or the heart muscle gets ...
Pathophysiology is the process that leads to heart failure. When your heart doesn't pump strongly enough, your body adapts so it can meet your body's need for blood. The chambers of the heart may stretch so they can hold more blood to pump through your body. Or the heart muscle gets ...