Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Heart Failure

Heart Failure
Heart failure - Maybe you often hear the term heart failure than coronary heart disease and rheumatic heart disease. In previous articles have discussed the two cardiac abnormalities, whereas in this article I will discuss about heart failure.
Heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart fails to pump blood in sufficient amount to meet the metabolic needs. Heart failure is a medical emergency that if left untreated will lead to death within a few minutes.The first treatment for heart failure is a major cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
More than 20 million patients in the world suffer from heart failure. Heart failure can increase 10-20% by age 35 years. Precipitating factors of heart failure are abnormalities in the heart that is not treated immediately, causing the inability of the heart to pump blood throughout our bodies.
Classification of heart failure can be divided based on their position, such as left or right heart failure. Heart failure due to systolic or diastolic disorder, systolic dysfunction can occur due to myocardial infarction, and a cardiomyopathy, a disorder of the heart is unable to pump blood optimally to meet the needs of the body's metabolism. diastolic dysfunction may occur Due valve abnormalities, for example, is mitralstenosis.Low output heart failure, caused by blood being pumped out of the heart does not meet the metabolic needs of the body, while the high-output heart failure is a state of anemia, although the volume of blood that the heart pumped present in sufficient numbers, but because of the high metabolic needs, substances carried by blood is still not sufficient.
Patients with heart failure are usually crowded, tiredness, sweating a lot, although not heavy activity, awake at night because of tightness, chest pain as the initial complaint, daerahkaki swelling, discomfort in the right upper abdomen.
Checks can be performed in patients with heart failure is to perform laboratory tests, whereas treatment using medical therapy is diuretics, beta blockers and gift giving inotropic agents.

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