Heart Failure Heart failure (HF)‚ often called congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF)‚ occurs when the heart is unable to provide sufficient pump action to distribute blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath‚ leg swelling‚ and exercise intolerance. The condition is diagnosed with echocardiography and blood tests. Treatment commonly consists of: lifestyle measures such as smoking cessation
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a patient and family dealing with congestive heart failure. Congestive heart failure is a chronic illness that affects nearly 5.7 million Americans (Piamjariyakul‚ Smith‚ Werkowitch‚ & Elyachar‚ 2012). Nearly 700‚000
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Congestive Heart Failure Congestive heart failure is an older name for heart failure. Congestive heart failure takes place when the heart is unable to maintain an adequate circulation of blood in the bodily tissues or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the veins (Merriam-Webster). The heart is split into two distinct pumping structures‚ the right side of the heart and the left side of the heart. Appropriate cardiac performance involves each ventricle to extract even quantities of blood
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Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body due to a weakened or damaged heart. The heart’s pumping action moves oxygen-rich blood as it travels from the lungs to the left atrium‚ then on to the left ventricle‚ which pumps it to the rest of the body. The left ventricle supplies most of the heart’s pumping power‚ so it’s larger than the other chambers and essential for normal function. (American Heart Association). In left-sided
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Managing Heart Failure Carla Vossen‚ SPN Kristin Madigan RN‚ BSN NURS 1300: Research Project South Central College November 23‚ 2009 Heart failure is a chronic and progressive syndrome‚ resulting from the inability of the heart muscle to pump with enough force to meet the metabolic demands of the body. (Buckler‚13) According to the Center for Disease Control; (CDC) there are approximately five million people in the United States that have heart failure. Approximately 550 thousand people
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Scientific Basis Congestive Heart Failure is a disease in which the heart is unable to properly keep up with the amount of blood being sent to the heart. The heart muscle itself‚ in the case of heart failure‚ is unable to sufficiently pump the blood away from the heart and to the body to keep up with the incoming deoxygenated flow. This failure to pump blood can build up pressure and cause additional pumping resistance. The decreased cardiac output of heart failure causes the circulation to become
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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 Toni Belsito Brookdale Community College HESC 105 Medical Terminology Congestive Heart Failure Congestive heart hailure‚ also known as CHF or heart failure‚ affects the lives of 5 million Americans each year with 550‚000 new cases diagnosed yearly. (Emory healthcare‚ 2013) CHF is a medical condition in which the heart has become weak and cannot pump enough blood to meet the need for oxygen rich blood required by the vital organs of the body‚ less blood is pumped
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Congestive heart failure distresses the heart’s function as a pump to meet the body’s needs‚ affecting many organs of the body including the liver‚ lungs‚ kidneys and the intestines. Untreated‚ this condition will affect virtually every organ in the body. (MedicineNet‚ 2012) According to Healthline.com congestive heart failure (CHF) is defined as‚ “A condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.” (Healthline‚ 2012) Heart failure is a serious disorder that may
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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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