Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Aisha’s not feeling so
good
- she hasd SOB
- causes of SOB
- Respiratory
- Heart
- others
- she was Diagnosed with
- Congestive Heart failure
- epidemiology
- Causes
- Coronary artery disease
- heart attack
- hypertension
- Faulty heart
valves
- cardiomyopathy
- Myocarditis
- congenital heart
defects
- heart arrhythmias
- Risk Factors
- hypertension
- Coronary artery
disease
- Heart attack
- Diabetes
- Some diabetes
medications
- Valvular heart
disease
- Alcohol
use
- Tobacco
use
- Obesity
- CP/Manifestations
- Left Heart Failure
- Pulmonary congestion
- Edema
- HF cells
- Decreased forward
perfusion
- Cardiomegaly
- Tachycardia
- S3 sound
- Ventricular dilation
- Arrhythmias
- Right Heart Failure
- JVD
- HSM
- Pitting Edema
- Dilated
Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive
Cardiomyopathy
- pathophysiology
- Physical examination
- blood pressure and pulse rate
- checking JVP
- Listening to
breathing
- Listening to the heart for murmurs
- checking for Edema
- Investigation
- ECG
- Different causes
of heart failure
leads to different
ECG
presentations.
- X-ray
- echocardiogram
- Complications
- Treatment
- Beta Adrenergic Blockers
- Bisoprolol
- Metoprolol
- Carvedilol
- Vasodilators
- ACE inhibitors
- angiotensin receptor antagonists
- Venous dilators (nitrates)
- Arterial dilators (hydralazine)
- Cardiotonic-inotropic drugs
- Digitalis glycosides
- Phosphodiestrase inhibitors
- Dobutamine and Dopamine
- Human Natriuretic Peptide
- Endothelin Receptor Antagonists
- Prognosis
- demographics: Aisha, 59 yrs., SOB,
Edema, can't walk, Orthopnea