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Heart Failure
Alternate Names : CHF, Congestive Heart Failure
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Could offer a future alternative to bypass surgery, researchers say. | • | Clinical Trials Update: July 18, 2008 - Jul 18, 2008, 09:24
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But they're more likely to be iron-deficient, study finds. |
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Circulation of Blood Through the Heart
Today's Top News Stories | • | Falls Are Top Cause of Injury, Death Among Elderly - Jul 19, 2008, 09:00
Not all homes are the same, but common sense measures can reduce the risk, expert says. | • | Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab - Jul 18, 2008, 19:00
Could offer a future alternative to bypass surgery, researchers say. | • | Clinical Trials Update: July 18, 2008 - Jul 18, 2008, 09:24
- Breast Cancer
- Hot Flashes
- Emphysema
| • | Loud Music in Bars Hastens Drinking - Jul 18, 2008, 16:00
French researchers say blasting tunes makes patrons down more alcohol in less time. | • | Breast-Fed Babies Have Fewer GI Infections - Jul 18, 2008, 17:00
But they're more likely to be iron-deficient, study finds. |
The heart is a large muscular organ which constantly pushes oxygen-rich blood to the brain and extremities and transports oxygen-poor blood from the brain and extremities to the lungs to gain oxygen. Blood comes into the right atrium from the body, moves into the right ventricle and is pushed into the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. After picking up oxygen, the blood travels back to the heart through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium, to the left ventricle and out to the body's tissues through the aorta.
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- Heart, Section Through the Middle
- Heart, Front View
- Circulation of Blood Through the Heart
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• Definition
• Heart Failure Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Heart Failure Symptoms & Signs
• Heart Failure Prevention
• Heart Failure Diagnosis & Tests
• Heart Failure Treatment
• Heart Failure Prognosis
• Heart Failure Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Alcoholism
• Anemia
• Angina - Stable
• Arrhythmias
• Atrial Myxoma - Left
• Cardiomyopathy
• Digitalis Toxicity
• Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• Heart Disease
• Hypertension
• Hyperthyroidism
• Kidney Disease
• Left-Sided Heart Failure
• Pleural Effusion
• Pulmonary Edema
• Right-Sided Heart Failure
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Tests & Exams
• Blood Pressure
• BUN
• CBC
• CHEM-20
• Chest X-Ray
• Coronary Angiography
• Creatinine - Serum
• Creatinine Clearance
• Dialysis
• ECG
• Echocardiogram
• Liver Function Tests
• Nuclear Ventriculography (MUGA or RNV)
• Pericardiocentesis
• Pulse
• Serum Sodium
• Swan-Ganz - Right Heart Catheterization
• Thoracic CT
• Uric Acid
• Urinalysis
Surgery & Procedures
• Heart Transplant
Other Topics
• Abdomen - Swollen
• Alcohol Use
• Appetite - Decreased
• Auscultation
• Blood Pressure - Low
• Breathing Difficulty
• Chest Pain
• Chronic
• Consciousness - Decreased
• Cough
• Diarrhea
• Fainting
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Foot, Leg, and Ankle Swelling
• Headache
• Heart Murmurs and Other Sounds
• Heartbeat Sensations
• Heartburn
• Hepatomegaly
• Indigestion
• Intravenous
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Obesity
• Physical Examination
• Sleeping Difficulty
• Swelling
• Systemic
• Urination - Excessive at Night
• Urine Output - Decreased
• Weakness
• Weight Gain - Unintentional
• Weight Loss - Unintentional
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