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Heart Failure Flashcards

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Symptoms of heart failure

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Dyspnoea
Fatigue
Oedema
Reduced exercise capacity

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Clinical signs of heart failure

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Oedema 
Tachycardia 
Raised jvp
Chest crepitations or effusions 
3rd heart sound 
Displaced apex beat
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Possible chest xray findings of heart failure

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Carirdio megaly

Plueral effusiom and lung oedema

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What blood test might you want to help diagnose heart failure

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BNP

measures an amino acid in the blood. Elevated in heart disease. Not diagnostic but helps

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