Echocardiography can confirm the diagnosis and give information about the ejection fraction. Congestive heart failure Congestive heart failure Congestive heart failure refers to the inability of the heart to supply the body with normal cardiac output to meet metabolic needs.Clinical presentation is most commonly with chest pain, but women and patients with diabetes may have atypical symptoms. Stable and Unstable Angina and myocardial infarction Myocardial infarction MI is ischemia and death of an area of myocardial tissue due to insufficient blood flow and oxygenation, usually from thrombus formation on a ruptured atherosclerotic plaque in the epicardial arteries. Coronary artery disease Coronary artery disease Pathological processes of coronary arteries that may derive from a congenital abnormality, atherosclerotic, or non-atherosclerotic cause.2.5 times more prevalent in men than in women.It is caused by rapid, uncontrolled atrial contractions and uncoordinated ventricular responses. Less common than atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AF or Afib) is a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia and the most common kind of arrhythmia.Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR) ) Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as myocardial infarction. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (ventricular dysfunction), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Measures of Disease Frequency with left atrial enlargement, or with left ventricular or biventricular heart failure Heart Failure A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. It is differentiated from prevalence, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. Clinician–Patient Relationship without underlying structural heart disease (higher incidence Incidence The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. Uncommon in patients Patients Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.
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