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HEART FAILURE

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CARDIAC OUTPUT 1 MIN`
STROKE VOLUME EACH CONTRACTION
PRELOAD COMPLIANCE
AFTERLOAD RESISTANCE
CONTRACTILITY FORCE
EJECTION FRACTION LEFTOVERS
HEART FAILURE INABILITY OF HEART TO PUMP ENOUGH BLOOD, AHCPR-CLINICAL SYNDROM CHARACTERIZED BY S/S OF FLUID OVERLOAD OR INADEQUATE TISSUE PERFUSION<BR><BR>INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH CONTRACTION OR FILLING OF THE HEART
DIASTOLIC FAILURE ALTERS VENTRICLE FILLING
SYSTOLIC FAILURE ALTES VENTRICLE CONTRACTION
EJECTION FRACTION AIDS IN... CONTRACTION
LEFT SIDED HF PULMONARY CONGESTION
PULMONARY CONGESTION DYSPNEA ON EXERTION<, ORTHOPNEA, PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPNEA (PND), COUGH (DRY THEN MOIST WITH DISEASE)
LEFT SIDED HF DECREASES... CO, POOR TISSUE PERFUSION, ALSO DECREASES ENERGY, EASILY FATIGUED, ACTIVITY INTOLERANCE
LEFT SIDED HF: KIDNEYS OLIGURIA(DAY), NOTUCRIA(NIGHT)
LEFTSIDED HF: BRAIN DIZZINESS, LIGHTHEADED, CONFUSION, ANXIETY
LEFTSIDED HF: SKIN PALE, ASHEN, COOL AND CLAMMY
RIGHT SIDED HF CONGESTION I NTHE VISCERA AND TISSUES<BR> AND CAN CAUSE: JUGULAR VEIN DISTENTION, DEPENDENT EDEMA<BR>HEPATOMEGALYU<BR>ASCITES<BR>WEAKNESS<BR>ANOREXIA<BR>NAUSEA<BR>WEIGHT GAIN (WATER WEIGHT 2.2LLBS=1 LITER)
COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS DILATION, HYPERTROPHY, SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVATION, NEUROHORMONAL RESPONSE, VENTRICULAR REMODELING
MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRONICE HEART FAILURE NOCTURIA, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, CHEST PAIN, SKIN CHANGE, TACHYCARDIA, EDEMA, WEIGHT CHANGE, DYSPNEA, FATIGUE
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