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Heart in Systemic Disease, Thiamine deficiency: high-output heart failure, dilated cardiomyopathy. Hyperhomocysteinaemia: premature atherosclerosis. , Heart disease ...
Congestive Heart Failure, What causes heart failure? Heart failure is not an exact term. Heart failure is a general umbrella ...
Heart Failure Diagnosis and Investigation, It can occur with a normal heart but even earlier if there is heart disease. This can be termed high-output...
Heart Failure Management, Specialist heart failure nurses Community-based heart failure nurses provide an important adjunct to self-care, as we...
Respiratory Failure, Respiratory failure occurs when disease of the heart or lungs leads to failure to maintain adequate blood oxygen levels (hypoxia) or increase...
Respiratory Failure, Heart disease that can lead to respiratory failure can be heart failure which may or may not be accompanied by a heart attack. Type...
The most significant life-threatening complication is high-output heart failure secondary to the arteriovenous malformations, resulting in cardiomegaly and pulmonary oedema.
These pulmonary AVMs are direct communications between the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins without an interposed capillary bed. [ 6 ] These may present as dyspnoea, cyanosis, bruits, high-...
A scorbutic rosary (where the sternum sinks inwards at the costochondral junctions) may occur in children. High-output heart failure due to anaemia can be seen and hypotension may occur la...
Palliative Care of Heart Failure, The management of heart failure has improved considerably in recent years but people with heart failure and ...
Heart Valve Disease, For example: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are medicines which help to reduce the amount of work the heart does. One may be prescribed t...
Medicine for High Blood Pressure, However, sometimes they may be used where there are other conditions present, such as heart failure or atrial fibrillation . They work ...
Heart Disease, Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: this is rare and only affects the right side of the heart. Heart failure See the separate ...
Heart Attack Recovery, These symptoms may indicate a degree of heart failure (the heart muscle not pumping as well as normal). This can often be helped with medicat...
Congenital Heart Disease, A risk of heart failure . Congenital heart disease in adults For mild congenital heart defects there may be very litt...
The Heart and Blood Vessels, Endocarditis . Heart failure . Heart valves and valve disease . High blood pressure . Heart attack (m...
Fever in Children (High Temperature), Ibuprofen should not be used if your child is dehydrated because studies have shown that this can increase the risk of kidney failure. ...
Hypotension - the triad of hypotension (systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg), oliguria, and low cardiac output is known as cardiogenic shock . In hypertensive heart failure...
Liver Failure, The major complications that cause death, even after transplantation, are sepsis, cerebral oedema, acute kidney injury, and respiratory failure. Prognosis Acut...
High-altitude Illness, It is possible for patients with stable coronary heart disease, hypertension or asthma to attain high altitudes; however, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary di...