Congestive Heat Failure Classifications Flashcards
1
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Reduced cardiac contractility
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Systolic Heart Failure
2
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- Impaired cardiac relaxation
- Abnormal ventricular filling
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Diastolic Heart Failure
3
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- Most common cause of CHF (60%)
- Result of end-stage coronary artery disease, either with a history of MI or with a chronically underperfused, yet viable myocardium
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LV Systolic Dysfunction
4
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- Chronic hypertension OR ischemic heart disease
- Other causes: restrictive, infiltrative, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies
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Diastolic LV Dysfunction
5
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Emphasize the role of elevated cardiac filling pressures, and, thus, venous congestion (damming up of blood behind the failing ventricle)
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Backward Failure
6
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Mainfestations caused by decreased CO of the failing ventricle and, thus, inadequate organ perfusion
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Forward Failure
7
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What are the most common symptoms of Left-Sided Failure?
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- Dyspnea
- Orthopnea
- Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
- Cough
- Hemoptysis
8
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What are the most common signs of Right-Sided Failure?
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- Jugular venous distention
- Enlarged and tender liver and spleen
- Acites
- Peripheral Edema
9
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Most clinical manifestations of right-sided failure are caused by left-sided failure, but what is another important cause?
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Cor pulmonale - RV enlargment due to pulmonary hypertension
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