congestive heart failure
21Management of heart failure — requires a muitimodal approach. It involves a combination of lifestyle modifications, medications, and possibly the use of devices or surgery. Contents 1 Diet and lifestyle measures 1.1 Fluid restriction 2 Pharmacological management …
22acute congestive heart failure — rapidly occurring deficiency in cardiac output marked by venocapillary congestion, hypertension, and edema, usually pulmonary edema …
23Congestive hepatopathy — Classification and external resources Micrograph of congestive hepatopathy demonstrating perisinusoidal fibrosis and centrilobular (zone III) sinusoidal dilation. Liver biopsy …
24Heart valve dysplasia — is a congenital heart defect which affects the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid heart valves. Pulmonary valve stenosis and aortic valve stenosis are discussed separately. Dysplasia of the mitral and tricuspid valves can cause leakage of… …
25heart disease cells — heart failure cells, heart lesion cells macrophages containing granules of iron, found in the pulmonary alveoli and sputum in congestive heart failure …
26congestive — 1846, from CONGEST (Cf. congest) + IVE (Cf. ive). Congestive heart failure is recorded from 1928 …
27Heart disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = |oo eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D006331 Heart disease is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As …
28Failure, heart — Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure of the heart to pump blood with normal efficiency. When this occurs, the heart is unable to provide adequate blood flow to other organs such as the brain, liver… …
29Heart sounds — Front of thorax, showing surface relations of bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and heart (red outline). The location of best auscultation for each heart valve are labeled with M , T , A , and P . First heart sound: caused by atrioventricular …
30heart — /hahrt/, n. 1. Anat. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that… …
