cardiac failure
61heart failure — Synonyms and related words: angina, angina pectoris, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, apoplectic stroke, apoplexy, arrhythmia, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, auricular fibrillation, beriberi heart, cardiac arrest,… …
62Respiratory failure — is a medical term for inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system. Respiratory failure can be indicated by observing a drop in blood oxygenation (hypoxemia) and/or a rise in arterial carbon dioxide (hypercapnia), which can be written as… …
63forward heart failure — a concept of heart failure that emphasizes the inadequacy of cardiac output relative to body needs; edema is attributed primarily to renal retention of sodium and water, and venous distention is considered a secondary feature …
64high-output heart failure — heart failure in which the cardiac output remains high enough to maintain a brisk circulation with warm extremities but is inadequate to meet demand; it is most often associated with hyperthyroidism, anemia, arteriovenous fistulas, beriberi,… …
65low-output heart failure — heart failure in which cardiac output is decreased, as in most forms of heart disease, leading to clinical manifestations of impaired peripheral circulation and peripheral vasoconstriction (cold, pale extremities, cyanosis, narrowed pulse… …
66low cardiac output syndrome — the clinical manifestations of low output heart failure (see under failure). Called also low output s …
67acute congestive heart failure — rapidly occurring deficiency in cardiac output marked by venocapillary congestion, hypertension, and edema, usually pulmonary edema …
68syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
69Samuel Sears — Samuel F. Sears, Jr., Ph.D Born Orlando, F …
70Ventricular assist device — Graphic describing a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). The device pumps blood from the left ventricle to the aorta. A Ventricular assist device, or VAD, is a mechanical circulatory device that is used to partially or completely replace the… …
