Heart Failure + Ischemic Disease Flashcards
S/S of heart failure (4)
- Exertional dyspnea
- Orthopnea - SOB in supine
- Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (SOB at night)
- Fatigue
Common Clinical S/S of HF
- Fluid retention
- Ascites
- Pleural effusion
- JVD
- Hepatomegaly
- Pitting edema
- Tachycardia
- S3 gallop
Classifications of HF
- Right sided HF
- Left sided HF
- CHF
- HFpEF
- HFrEF
what is Left sided heart failure?
reduced contractility of the left ventricle resulting in :
- reduced SV, EF, and CO
- reduced blood flow to body and reduced O2 delivery
- fatigue, exercise tolerance, and SOB
what are some causes of Left sided heart failure?
- HTN
- CAD
- Arrythmias
- decreased CO caused by impaired ventricular filling and decreased ventricular relaxation
describe how vascular congestion occurs with Left sided HF?
- reduced contractlity leads to increased LVEDV
- results in decreased movement from LA
- increased blood accumulation in LA
- decreased blood movement from lungs into LA
- increased blood volume in pulmonnary circulation = congestion
- pulmonary edema
- hemoptysis (bloody sputum)
mnemonic for Left sided HF S/S
DO CHAP
- Dyspnea
- Orthopnea
- Cough
- Hemoptysis
- Adventitious breath sounds
- Pulmonary congestion
what is right sided heart failure?
reduced contractility of R ventricle results in:
- accumulation of blood in RV, RA and systemic circulation
S/S of right sided HF
- abdominal blotting/swelling/ascities
- kidney failure
- JVD
- weight gain
- dependent edema
- increased frequency of DVT and PEs
AKJ WID
what is CHF?
the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the metabolic needs of the body b/c of pathological changes in the myocardium
often synonymously with left HF
describe the evoluation of the clinical stages of CHF
- normal → no symptoms
- asymptomatic LV dysfunction
- no symptoms
- normal exercise
- abnormal LV function
- compensated CHF
- reduced exercise ability
- decompensated CHF
- symptoms
- reduced exercise ability
- refractory CHF
- symptoms not controlled w/treatment
describe the NY heart associations HF classifications
- Class 1 → Cardiac disease, but no symptoms and no limitation in ordinary physical activity
- Class 2 → Mild symptoms and slight limitation during ordinary activity
- Class 3 → significant limitation in activity due to symptoms. comfortable only at rest
- Class 4 → severe limitations. symptoms even while at rest
Staging of HF
- Stage A → pre-heart failure
- Stage B → a structural heart disorder but no symptoms at any stage
- Stage C → symptoms exisit due to an underlying structural issue but it is managed with medical treatment
- Stage D → advanced disease that requries hospitalization and possibly a heart transplant or palliative care
what is acute HF?
HF symptoms appear suddenly or a rapid worsening of exisitng symptoms of HF occurs
- exacerbation
- sudden onset of dyspnea and limb and LE swelling
- 5 lb rule
what is systolic HF?
also called HFrEF
- left ventricular contractility is reduced in turn reducing EF (L/R) and O2 delivery to the periphery
- net effect-reduced delivery of blood into systemic circulation and subsequent O2 delivery
- reduced LV function is typical
what is diastolic HF?
HFpEF
- nearly half of all pts with HF have a normal EF
- seen more frequently in:
- females
- older age
- HTN
- metabolic syndrome, renal dysfunction
- obesity