Left sided heart failure?

I'm writing a thesis on Left sided heart failure. Any good information resources I can look into?

look up words like preload afterload,..mitral valve regurge
cardio myopathy,...

the link below is for a medical encyclopedia, it will be a good place to start.

LHF is the exhaustion (failure) of the left ventricle to pump blood to aorta and to supply all the body.
so the cardiac output is decreased,the blood accumlates before the left ventricle(as the ventricle fails to pump it forwards to the body) , accumlates in lung and right ventricle (which may ends in RHF) and finally viens,so the body suffers anoxia and exhaustion due to decreased blood supply.
it can be caused by :
1-hypertension
2-severe anemia
3-heart attack
4-congenital anomaly in the heart
5-coarctation of aorta
6-atherosclerosis
it has variety of symptoms:
1-dyspnea
2-ankle edema leads to genralized edema(anasarca)
3-hepatosplenomegaly
4-exhaustion on exertion
5-pallor
6-anginal attacks
7-headache
8-attacks of cardiac asthma (pulmonary edema).
it is treated by medications which lower blood pressure and improve the cardiac pumping efficiency as:
1-digtalis
2-arteriodilators

Look up CHF (congested heart failure).
Pulmonary embolus will cause it too.
MI (miocardial infarct) Heart attack
Blunt force to the chest
Enlarged mediastinum
Pericardical effusion

Try WebMD.

Look up cardiovascular disease or try blocked valve. Try talking to someone at Mt Sinai or Toronto General they are all teaching hospitals.

Tags

　　Heel Injuries 　　Heartburn 　　Heart Valve Diseases 　　Heart Transplantation 　　Heart Surgery 　　Heart Murmur 　　Heart Failure 　　Heart Defects 　　Heart Attack 　　Hearing Problems 　　Hearing Disorders 　　Health Insurance 　　HDL

Related information

Stage 2 heart failure, what does this mean?

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association developed a classification of heart failure based on stages of the syndrome. Stage 1 includes patients at risk of developing heart...

Can the heart repair itself after congestive heart failure?

I don't think that the heart will repair itself, however, it can be managed with lifestyle and dietary changes and medications. People can live fairly normal lives with CHF, they just have to ...

What are treatments for congestive heart failure?

Heart failure is a syndrome of ventricular dysfunction. Left ventricular failure causes shortness of breath and fatigue, and right ventricular failure causes peripheral and abdominal fluid accumula...

Please.Im scared I might have symptoms of heart failure?

Heart failure does not mean the heart stops, it is simply not pumping blood as it should so the body does not get as much blood and oxygen as it needs. It is also your responsibility to carefully ...

Living with Congestive Heart Failure?

Visit a physical theropy center and ask them to see what an "ARM ERGOMETER" looks like. Then go to where ever you get exercise equipment and get one... (providing your arms are not ...

Congestive Heart Failure?

My sweet hubby has lived with heart failure for around 23 years. 2 years ago when he was in I.C.U. (3 heart attacks in 17 hours WITH pneumonia) Docs. said he had less than a10% chance to survive. T...

Congestive heart failure and lasix?

Doggie Diapers might help. If she is bad enough it may be kindest to have the vet put her to sleep. I'm sorry she is having a rough time, you also. Good Luck.

...

High BMI has lower heart failure mortality compared with low BMI?

the study was BMI and inhospital mortality, they didnt mention anything about ppl having heart attacks at home or anyplace other that a hospital so i dont think u can conclude from that study that ...