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1. Left-sided heart failure
(Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Left-sided heart failure is a life-threatening condition in which the left side of the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body. • Reviewer: Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Private practice specializing in Cardiovascular Disease, Watertown, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
2. What is Congestive Heart Failure? Left Sided heart failure?
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a problem in which the heart does not pump as well as it should. Left Sided heart failure. People with left sided heart failure have fluid that backs up in the lungs causing these symptoms. http://www.deborah.org/consumer/chf.html
3. Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis and Its Complications -- Bayer et al. 98 (25):...
+High initial patient risks include prosthetic heart valves, many congenital heart diseases, previous endocarditis, new murmur, heart failure, or other stigmata of endocarditis. Cardiac valve replacement in congestive heart failure due to... http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/98/25/2936
4. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Aortic insufficiency
Without treatment, patients with angina or congestive heart failure do poorly. Left-sided heart failure. This can completely relieve symptoms unless severe heart failure is present or other complications develop. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000179.htm |
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