PHA 3112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 48: Oliguria, Pulmonary Edema, Isosorbide Dinitrate

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Heart failure/congestive heart failure: a disorder characterized by: ventricular dysfunction, reduced cardiac output, insufficient tissue perfusion, , fluid retention. Heart failure is a disease of the elderly, affecting 2-3% of those at age 65 & 80%+ of those over 80. Heart failure: syndrome where heart (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t pump sufficient blood to meet metabolic needs of tissues. Symptoms: but asymptomatic in earliest stage: inadequate tissue perfusion signs = fatigue, shortness of breath, exercise intolerance &/or, volume overload signs = venous distention, peripheral & pulmonary edema. Heart failure cause: 1) chronic hypertension & 2) myocardial infarction. Other cause: valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease, dysrhythmias, & aging of myocardium. Cardiac remodeling: initial phase of failure = heart undergoes remodeling where ventricles dilate, hypertrophy (increase wall thickness), & become more spherical, net result = remodeling, fibrosis, & cell death = progressively & continue to decline in co. Physiologic adaptions to reduced cardiac output: cardiac dilation:

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