Heart Failure- (Patho Statement) Heart failure is complex and caused by a number of conditions. Ventricles are the main pumping chambers of the heart. Dysfunction can occur in the right side, left side, or both sides. This impairment can also affect the pumping efficiency of the heart. This damage can be measured by the ejection fraction of the heart.…
The heart is a complex and vital organ that pumps around 6,000 quarts of blood through the body and beats around 100,000 times a day. Risk factors for congestive heart failure include coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart valve disease, cardiomyopathy, cigarette smoking, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Congestive heart failure is a syndrome of a ventricular dysfunction, where the heart is not able to pump enough blood with each beat to meet the oxygen requirements of the heart and other body tissues. The heart starts pumping weaker than normal and the blood moves through the heart at a slower rate and pressure in the heart increases and becomes…
In right-sided heart failure, hepatomegaly could occur due to the increased pressure within the hepatic vein; ascites could occur because of the pooling of blood in the inferior vena cava; and pitting edema could also occur due to increased fluid retention in the veins (from increased capillary…
Heart failure (HF) is, after cirrhosis, the second-most common cause of ascites. Serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) plays an important role in the diagnosis of HF. Therefore, we hypothesized that BNP would be useful in the differential diagnosis of ascites. Consecutive patients with new onset ascites were prospectively enrolled in this crosssectional study. All patients had measurements of serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG), total protein concentration in ascitic fluid, serum, and ascites BNP.…
What side of the heart is affected by congestive heart failure (right, left, or both)? At the point when the right half of the heart starts to work less effectively, it can't pump much blood into the vessels of the lungs. Would Fluid accumulate somewhere? If so, Where? Explain your answer. Yes, Congestive heart failure (CHF) happens when the heart's pumping activity turns out to be weak to the point that liquid starts to amass in the lungs and other body tissues.…
Out of the many cardiovascular diseases that exist today, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is the most common. CHF is the failure of the heart to distribute adequate blood supply back to the body through the heart. The heart muscle is weakened and is no longer able to pump blood back through the heart and often becomes enlarged due to the workload it must take on. When the heart begins to fail, the lungs also tend to suffer. The lungs can fill with blood; which is known as pulmonary congestion.…
Finally, the last importance of congestive heart failure are treatments to help residents help maintain and ease the pain by understanding a healthy lifestyle. Through treatment plans with four different stages and in each one explains what is expected for the resident to follow by to help with having congestive heart failure. When a patient is diagnosing with STAGE ONE use a treatment of the patients to maintain regular exercising, to either to stop smoking or continue without starting to smoking, also discontinue alcohol or illegal drug use. For the patients that have vascular or cardiac conditions follow treatments by an angiotensin that converts enzyme inhibitor or a blocker is prescribe to the resident, and for other patients who had a…
Arteries become narrow causing the heart walls to weaken. The body then starts to retain fluid from the kidneys. The fluid then starts to buildup in the lungs, limbs and other organs. The fluid buildup makes the body become congested, and this is how you get the condition congestive heart failure. Many things can contribute in the cause of congestive heart failure, and there are many ways to prevent this condition.…
Resulting in peripheral edema, ascites, and jugular vein distention (JVD). Left-sided heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump oxygen rich blood into the body and results in pulmonary congestion, shortness of breath, and fatigue (Heart Failure, 2014). Heart failure can affect the right side or the left side of the heart, and often times it involves both sides of the heart. The most common causes for heart failure are…
Though heart failure can occur suddenly, weakening of the heart is more likely to slowly develop over a period of time, often over many years as the heart becomes weaker and is unable to work as efficiently, which is why is it more prominent in the elderly population. Typically conditions and diseases that damage or overwork the heart lead to congestive heart failure. The major conditions and factors that cause congestive heart failure include: • Coronary artery disease • Heart valve disease • High blood pressure • Hypertension • Valve conditions • Cardiomyopathy • Diabetes • Alcohol abuse • Smoking Coronary artery disease, also known as ischaemic heart disease, results from the gradual blocking of the coronary artery by fatty deposits called plaque. The coronary artery is the artery that supplies blood to the heart, damaging it…
Heart failure is a syndrome with symptoms and signs caused by cardiac dysfunction, resulting in reduced longevity. Congestive heart failure has become an increasingly frequent reason for hospital admission during the last 2 decades and clearly represents a major health problem (Mosterd, A., & Hoes, A., 2007). Congestive heart failure represents a major health problem. It has been estimated that congestive heart failure afflicts nearly 4 million Americans, with 400,000 new cases each year. Congestive heart failure was listed as the principal cause for 37,400 deaths in 1988 and is thought to have been a contributing cause of another 200, 000 deaths.…
Chronic cardiac failure can be defined as ‘a clinical syndrome that develops in response to a cardiac injury or insult that causes decline in the pumping capacity (contractile function) of the heart’ (Lymperopolous et al. 2013). Betty has been experiencing chest pain, a decreased appetite and shortness of breath indicated by her oxygen saturation levels and increased respiratory rate. Additionally, she has bilateral peripheral pitting oedema and has had a cough. These are all signs and symptoms of chronic cardiac failure as recognised by the Heart Foundation (2015). In an attempt to achieve cardiovascular homeostasis, the sympathetic nervous system is activated.…
• Introduction : Congestive heart failure (CHF) is specifically known as congestive cardiac failure (CCF) in the scientific papers. The term ‘’CHF’’ describes a debilitating condition in which the heart 's function as a pump is unable to deliver an adequate amount of rich-oxygen blood to the rest of the body and the fluid builds up in the body and other organs making the heart congested. CHF results from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that weakens the pumping ability of the heart, for instance, congestion of the arteries or a general weakness of the heart muscle caused by having unhealthy life styles. CHF is classified into two types: systolic dysfunction and diastolic dysfunction. The patients who have heart failures commonly experience the symptoms like breathlessness, excessive tiredness, leg swelling, etc.…
Pathophysiology Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a clinical syndrome in which the pumping action of the heart becomes less powerful and fluid builds up forcing it into the lungs causing pulmonary edema or causing edema in the peripheral vascular system. CHF is used interchangeably with Heart failure (HF). HF is characterized by myocardial dysfunction, which is an alteration in ventricular contraction. Myocardial dysfunction can be caused by a result of many different conditions such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, valvular disorders, renal dysfunction, ischemia and myocardial infarction. It can be systolic heart failure in which the heart muscles are weakened and results in decreased blood ejected from the ventricle,…
Medical conditions are bound to increase due to change in lifestyles. One of the life threatening conditions is heart failure. The heart is a muscular structure that pumps blood to all parts of the body. Heart failure results when the heart fails to pump enough blood hence increased overload. The pathophysiology occurs as a result of increased workload on the left ventricle especially in patients with hypertension.…