The heart functions to take deoxygenated blood from the body and pump it to the lungs to re-oxygenate it‚ to pump it back through the body. Without this system‚ body tissues wouldn’t get oxygen and therefore not function and the person would not survive. The function of the left side of the heart is to take oxygenated blood from the lungs and pump it out to and through the rest of the body. This is the systemic circulation of the heart. With every body system there are homeostatic imbalances and
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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) By: Deborah Dominie Composition 2 ENC-1102 Instructor: Lindsay Ludvigsen Everest University May 10‚ 2013 My essay is directed to all the people out there that have wanted to know about congestive heart failure or is living with and taking care of a loved one with this disease. I myself have lost loved ones to this disease and now my mother suffers with it. So‚ I believe this essay has helped me and I truly hope it will help you as well. In this essay I will
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Ms. Boehmer has systolic heart failure. She has reported symptoms of dyspnea with exertions‚ orthopnea (evidenced by “sleeps on two pillows” at night)‚ fatigue (evidenced by “she often feels tired”) and edema (evidenced by “reports that ankles are often swollen in the evening”) alterations in urination (evidenced by “nocturia X 2 and reports she sometimes has a strong urge to void and does not always make it to the toilet in time”). Physical examinations demonstrate S3 gallop. Cardiomegaly is present
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tissue-engineered heart valve that combines a patient’s cells with metal alloy for more durability and possibly less complications which should be ready for use in about 10 to 15 years. The existing valve replacements are either mechanical or bioprosthetic which have great long-term risks of blood clots‚ stroke‚ clots in the artery‚ bleeding from the medicine to prevent artery clots‚ and limited durability. The current tissue oriented valves are meant to degrade the scaffold which can cause valve failure. The
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CHF Heart Failure: failure of the cardiac muscle to pump blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs CHF is a complication that can result from problems such as cardiomyopathy‚ valvular heart disease‚ endocarditis‚ Acute MI Left-sided failure pulmonary congestion dyspnea‚ Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Pulmonary edema‚ rales (crackles) cough blood-tinged‚ frothy sputum
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1) Heart transplants are recommended to patients when severe heart failure is present or when one or both ventricles are not functioning like how they should be. In many forms of congenital heart disease‚ ventricular failure may also occur. It is more common in congenital defects with a single ventricle or when irreversible heart failure occurs from long-standing valve obstruction or even leakage. Patients who had the Fontan procedure as a child (which includes helping complex congenital heart defects)
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to other causes of myocardial stress‚ which included trauma‚ disease‚ or other abnormal states (e.g. ‚ pulmonary embolism‚ infection‚ anemia‚ pregnancy‚ drug use or abuse‚ fluid over load‚ arrhythmia‚ valvular heart disease‚ cardiomyopathies‚ congenital heart disease) . 4. The New York Heart Association (NYHA) developed a classification system‚ still used today to quantify the functional limitations of CHF patients. The NYHA classes are as follows: a) Class I : Degree of effort necessary to elicit
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TUTORIAL 5 HEART FAILURE Pathophysiology B. Left-sided HF SOB A. Right-sided HF Orthopnea Edema in the feet‚ ankles‚ legs‚ liver‚ & abdomen. If the amount of fluid is fluid accumulates in the abdomen. Fluid accumulation in the liver or stomach nausea & loss of appetite. Eventually‚ food is not absorbed well loss of weight & muscle. This condition is called Cardiac Cachexia Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Tiredness & weakness A sudden accumulation of a high amount
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of the illness. Nurse case managers influence the disease process through the sharing of their knowledge‚ providing community based resources‚ and the relationships that are formed with the patient (Cohen & Cesta‚ 2005). The purpose of this paper is to describe how the nurse and healthcare organizations can provide supportive and preventative patient
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Can Heart Failure be cured? And how does it develop? Heart Failure has classified into four main stages which are stage A‚ B‚ C‚ and D. This classification system has helped us to diagnose the patients and treat them. In addition‚ the aim of the treatment of Heart Failure is to have the heart beat more efficiently so that it can pump sufficient blood to the body without damaging the heart muscle. Moreover‚ the treatments of Heart Failure depend on the patient stage and the symptoms. For example‚
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