·Heart failure:also known as congestive heart failure, meaning the heart is not able to pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body. This may happen because of a defect in the heart that prevents blood f...
Congestive heart failure is one of the single largest causes of death in industrialized countries. The severe syndrome of congestive heart failure involves shortness of breath (dyspenia), pulmonary edema, pulmonary hypertension and edema in the periphery. The chapter summarizes the major physiological ...
Congestive heart failure: understanding the pathophysiology and management. J Am Acad Nurse Pract 13: 249 -257, 2001.Fletcher L., Thomas D., Congestive heart failure: Understanding the pathophysiology and management. Journal of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 59(13), 2001, 249-257....
What Are the Symptoms of Heart Failure? Thesymptoms of heart failurecan be related to the pooling of fluid in the body or can be secondary to decreasedbloodflow to the body. Some people with heart failure don't experience symptoms, but here are some of the more common signs: Shortness of...
Abnormal heart muscle function (including congestive heart failure) The disease of the mitral valve between the left and right ventricle An overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) or overdose of thyroid medication Low amounts of oxygen in the blood, for example, as occur with lung diseases such...
Diabetes mellitus is an important and prevalent risk factor for congestive heart failure. Diabetic cardiomyopathy has been defined as ventricular dysfunction that occurs in diabetic patients independent of a recognized cause such as coronary artery disease or hypertension. The disease course consists of a...
Effects of enalapril on mortality in severe congestive heart failure. Results of the Cooperative North Scandinavian Enalapril Survival Study (CONSENSUS). N Engl J Med. 1987;316(23):1429–1435. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198706043162301 (Open in a new window)PubMed (Open in a new window)Web of ...
Persons identifying as Black, Chinese, or South Asian make up the largest minority groups in Canada. Individuals with chronic heart failure (CHF) from these groups experience a greater rate of re-hospitalization and poorer quality of life. Alth
As outlined in the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE) trial and subsequent analysis, increased intracardiac filling pressures are associated with worse outcomes. Because to the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone cascade of sodium and water ...
of various CVDs. Indeed, it has been reported that telomere length was negatively correlated with atherosclerotic grade in humans112, p16Ink4Alimited cell proliferation, and regeneration in response to pancreatic islet injury in mice113, and p53 was elevated in patients with congestive heart failure...