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Heart Failure
Alternate Names : CHF, Congestive Heart Failure
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Heart, Front View
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The external structures of the heart include the ventricles, atria, arteries and veins. Arteries carry blood away from the heart while veins carry blood into the heart. The vessels colored blue indicate the transport of blood with relatively low content of oxygen and high content of carbon dioxide. The vessels colored red indicate the transport of blood with relatively high content of oxygen and low content of carbon dioxide.
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Circulation of Blood Through the Heart
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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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• 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
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• Pulmonary Edema
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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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