Congestive heart failure

This is a mind map that contains information about the CHF. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic condition that affects the pumping power of your heart muscles.

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CHF

Clinical Features

- Left Ventricle

- Cough

- Mucus/blood

- impaired left ventricle systolic function has anoverall burden

- decreased urine production

- fatigue/weakness

- Shortness of breath

- heart palpitations

- right ventricle

- swelling of feet/ankles

- excessive urination

- irregular fast heart beat

- pronounced neck veins

Pathophysiology

- systole

- enlargement ventricles

- pumps less 40% blood

- diastole

- Shift ventricles

- cuts 60% of bloods

- pumps less than normal

- peripheral

- Activation of renal-adrenal system

- Activation of Cardiac Rns

- enlargement

Etiology (cause)

- leaky (narrow heart vavle

- heart attack

- Heart Valve Disease

- Abnormal Heart Rhythm

- Hypertension

- Other:

- Hyperthyroidism

- Hypothyroidism

- Emphysema

- Severe Anemia

- Coronary Artery Disease

Etiology (cause)

- leaky (narrow heart vavle)

- heart attack

- Heart Valve Disease

- Abnormal Heart Rhythm

- Hypertension

- Other:

- Hyperthyroidism

- Hypothyroidism

- Emphysema

- Severe Anemia

- Coronary Artery Disease

Treatment

- Surgical

- Valve replacement

- Ventricular reconstructive surgery

- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

- Non-Surgical

- ACE inhibitors

- Heart Transplant

- Angiontensin II receptor blockers

- Diuretics

Prevetion

- Primary

- Decrease the rate of incidence

- improvement in medical care

- Healthy lifestyle/habits

- avoid illegal drugs

- Secondary

- Consult a Dr.

- proper physical activity

- on-going care/ and treatment

- Avoid drinking alcohol

- treatment of hypertension, heart disease,abnormal heart rhythm, etc.

- Antiarrhythmic therapy

- Tertiary

- Avoid heart workload

- Take your required medicine

- rehabilitation

- reduce risk factors

Epidemiology

- Incidence

- over 5.5 million have heart failure

- more than 650,000 diagnosed for the first time

- hospital rates increased over the last decade

- Economic Burden

- reason for 12-15 million Dr./hospital visits

- Prevelance

- increased rate of prevelance

- Possibly an emerging epidemic

- 1-2% had a self-report from 1971-1975