CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE systemic circulation. This prevents
organs from receiving enough oxygen.
Also called Heart Failure, a serious
condition in which the heart doesn’t
pump blood as efficiently as it should.
This also means that the heart muscle
has become less able to contract over
time or has a mechanical problem that
limits its ability to fill with blood. As a
result, it can be pumped out, it
becomes congested, or backed up.
This pumping problems means that not
enough oxygen-rich blood van get the
body’s other organs.
The body tries to compensate in
different ways:
The heart beats faster to take
less time for refilling after it Coronary Artery Disease (CAD):
contracts but over the long run, Most common cause of left
less blood circulate and the ventricular dysfunction, leading to
extra effort van cause heart MI and scarring, which can reduce
palpitations. the heart ability to pump
The heart also enlarges a bit to effectively.
make room for the blood.
The lungs fill with fluid, causing Blockages in the coronary arteries
SOB. can lead to reduced blood supply
The kidneys, when they don’t to the heart muscle, weakening the
receive enough blood begin to heart over time.
retain water and sodium, which Hypertension: High blood
can lead to kidney failure. pressure can cause left ventricular
hypertrophy, which can lead to
With or without treatment, CHF is often fibrosis and decrease the hearts
and typically progressive, meaning it ability to relax and fill properly.
gradually gets worse. Valvular Heart Disease: Mitral
Etiology: regurgitation and aortic stenosis
are the most common valve
The underlying cause of CHF can be lesions that can lead to left
categorized into two main groups: ventricular dysfunction.
Cardiomyopathy: this is a
Left ventricular dysfunction:
disease of the myocardium that
Left sided heart failure is where the can lead to left ventricular
pulmonary congestion that occurs dysfunction. Alcohol abuse, viral
when the left ventricle cannot infections, and genetic mutations
effectively pump blood out of the can all cause cardiomyopathy.
ventricle into the aorta and the
organs from receiving enough oxygen.
Also called Heart Failure, a serious
condition in which the heart doesn’t
pump blood as efficiently as it should.
This also means that the heart muscle
has become less able to contract over
time or has a mechanical problem that
limits its ability to fill with blood. As a
result, it can be pumped out, it
becomes congested, or backed up.
This pumping problems means that not
enough oxygen-rich blood van get the
body’s other organs.
The body tries to compensate in
different ways:
The heart beats faster to take
less time for refilling after it Coronary Artery Disease (CAD):
contracts but over the long run, Most common cause of left
less blood circulate and the ventricular dysfunction, leading to
extra effort van cause heart MI and scarring, which can reduce
palpitations. the heart ability to pump
The heart also enlarges a bit to effectively.
make room for the blood.
The lungs fill with fluid, causing Blockages in the coronary arteries
SOB. can lead to reduced blood supply
The kidneys, when they don’t to the heart muscle, weakening the
receive enough blood begin to heart over time.
retain water and sodium, which Hypertension: High blood
can lead to kidney failure. pressure can cause left ventricular
hypertrophy, which can lead to
With or without treatment, CHF is often fibrosis and decrease the hearts
and typically progressive, meaning it ability to relax and fill properly.
gradually gets worse. Valvular Heart Disease: Mitral
Etiology: regurgitation and aortic stenosis
are the most common valve
The underlying cause of CHF can be lesions that can lead to left
categorized into two main groups: ventricular dysfunction.
Cardiomyopathy: this is a
Left ventricular dysfunction:
disease of the myocardium that
Left sided heart failure is where the can lead to left ventricular
pulmonary congestion that occurs dysfunction. Alcohol abuse, viral
when the left ventricle cannot infections, and genetic mutations
effectively pump blood out of the can all cause cardiomyopathy.
ventricle into the aorta and the
