Heart failure
Heart failure: Introduction
Heart failure describes when the heart is having difficulty completing its work.
The term is not the same as heart attack or cardiac arrest, when the
heart may stop;
heart failure involves a gradual failing of the heart.
Symptoms of Heart failure
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Heart failure: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Heart failure
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Medical Textbooks Online about Heart failure
Medical Books Excerpts
- Cardiomegaly
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Heart failure?
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Heart failure: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Heart failure
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for people to die from...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder.
Some of the...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat.
In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal.
It should be considered for...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack,...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The "cuff" around...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is...read more »
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Heart failure: Rare Types
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Causes of Heart failure
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Treatments for Heart failure
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Heart failure: Broader Related Topics
Types of Heart failure
Types of Heart failure
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Curable Types of Heart failure
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- Nutritional deficiencies related heart failure
- Hypertension related heart failure
- Diabetic cardiomyopathy related heart failure
- Drug induced cardiomyopathy related heart failure
- Congenital heart disease related heart failure
- Anemia related heart failure
- Pregnancy related heart failure
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Rare Types of Heart failure:
Rare types of Heart failure include:
- Cocaine cardiomyopathy related cardiac failure
- Myocarditis related heart failure
- Myxedema related heart failure
- Polycythemia vera related heart failure
- Carcinoid syndrome related heart failure
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Article Excerpts about Heart failure
NHLBI, Heart Failure: NHLBI (Excerpt)
Heart
failure occurs when the heart loses its ability to pump enough blood through
the body. Usually, the loss in pumping action is a symptom of an underlying
heart problem, such as coronary artery disease.
The term heart failure suggests a sudden and complete stop of heart activity.
But, actually, the heart does not suddenly stop. Rather, heart
failure usually develops slowly, often over years, as the heart gradually
loses its pumping ability and works less efficiently. Some people may not become
aware of their condition until symptoms appear years after their heart began its
decline.
(Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Heart Failure: NHLBI)
HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: NWHIC (Excerpt)
Heart failure means that the heart is
not able to pump blood through the body as well as it should. It does
NOT mean that the heart literally stops. Heart failure develops slowly
over time and can have a large impact on a person’s life and ability to
perform daily activities of living, such as dressing, bathing, and
getting around. (Source: excerpt from HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: NWHIC)
Definitions of Heart failure:
A state of subnormal or depressed cardiac output, usually seen in patients with heart failure secondary to coronary artery, hypertensive, primary myocardial, valvular, or pericardial disease.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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