| Heart failure also called is congestive
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| | affected.
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| heart failure. Heart failure becomes more
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| | Left-sided heart failure leads to fluid
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| common with advancing age. Heart failure
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| | accumulation in the lungs, which causes
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| is a condition in which the heart can't
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| | shortness of breath. Heart failure is a
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| pump enough blood throughout the body.
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| | major cause of sudden death due to
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| Heart failure is a condition in which the
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| | production of arrhythmias. Persons with
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| heart can't pump enough blood throughout
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| | diabetes have a much greater risk of
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| the body. Heart failure develops over
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| | developing heart failure than those
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| time as the pumping action of the heart
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| | without because diabetes is associated
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| grows weaker. Heart failure is a serious
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| | with other heart failure risk factors
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| condition. It contributes to or causes
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| | such as high blood pressure, obesity and
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| about 300,000 deaths each year. About 5
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| | high cholesterol levels. Weight reduction
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| million people in the U.S. have heart
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| | - through physical activity and dietary
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| failure. It contributes to 300,000 deaths
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| | modification, as obesity is a risk factor
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| each year. It can affect the left side,
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| | for heart failure and ventricular
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| the right side, or both sides of the
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| | hypertrophy. Fluid restriction - patients
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| heart. Most cases involve the left side
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| | with CHF have a diminished ability to
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| where the heart can't pump enough
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| | excrete free water load. Sodium
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| oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the
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| | restriction - excessive sodium intake may
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| body. The most common causes of heart
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| | precipitate or exacerbate heart failure.
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| failure are hypertension (high blood
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| | Moderate physical activity, when symptoms
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| pressure) and coronary artery disease
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| | are mild or moderate; or bed rest when
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| (for example, you have had a heart
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| | symptoms are severe. Another current
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| attack). Arterial plaque lines the inside
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| | treatment involves the use of left
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| of the arteries that supply the heart and
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| | ventricular assist devices (LVADs).
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| the rest of the body, meaning less blood
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| | Smoking and drinking alcohol can worsen
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| gets to the heart itself, as well as the
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| | heart failure and should be stopped.
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| heart having to work harder to push blood
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| | Exercise, weight loss, and stopping
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| through the thinner systemic arteries.
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| | smoking help reduce the risk of coronary
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| Heart failure may result from disorders
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| | artery disease, as do good control of
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| that cause the heart's walls to stiffen,
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| | diabetes and lowering of cholesterol
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| such as infiltrations and infections.
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| | levels.
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| Heart failure due to systolic dysfunction
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| | Treatment for Heart Failure Tips
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| usually develops because the heart cannot
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| | 1. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
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| contract normally. Heart failure has two
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| | inhibitors drugs help people with heart
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| main forms: systolic dysfunction (which
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| | failure live longer and feel better.
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| is more common) and diastolic
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| | 2. Diuretics are often called "water
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| dysfunction. In systolic dysfunction, the
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| | pills" because they make you urinate more
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| heart contracts less forcefully and
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| | often and help keep fluid from building
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| cannot pump out as much of the blood that
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| | up in your body.
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| is returned to it as it normally does.
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| | 3. Diuretics, or water tablets, which
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| Heart valve disorders-narrowing
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| | work on the kidneys to remove the extra
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| (stenosis) of a valve, which hinders
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| | fluid and salt from the body and lower
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| blood flow through the heart, or leakage
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| | blood pressure.
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| of blood backward (regurgitation) through
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| | 4. ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme)
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| a valve-can cause heart failure. Some
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| | inhibitors, which lower blood pressure
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| heart valve disorders, such as aortic
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| | and help the heart to pump more easily.
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| valve stenosis, hinder blood flow out of
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| | 5. Digoxin helps the heart by making it
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| the heart. Other causes may include
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| | beat more strongly and pump more blood.
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| diseases of the heart valves and weakened
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| | 6. Nitrates help with shortness of breath
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| heart muscle due to viral infections or
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| | because they reduce the blood pressure in
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| their poisonous products (called toxins).
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| | the lungs by widening (dilating) blood
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| Individuals with heart failure are
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| | vessels and allow the heart to work more
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| sensitive to small shifts in their
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| | efficiently.
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| intravascular volume status (the amount
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| | 7.Warfarin stops blood clots from forming
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| of fluid in their circulatory system).
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| | and Aspirin also stops blood clots from
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| Often left heart failure leads to right
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| | forming.
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| heart failure and then both sides are
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