Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive Heart Failure: Introduction

Congestive Heart Failure: Congestive heart failure is a major chronic disease for older adults, accounting for about 260,000 deaths a year. The majority of the nearly 5 million U.S. ... more about Congestive Heart Failure.

Congestive Heart Failure: Inadequate pumping and decline of heart function common in the elderly. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Congestive Heart Failure is available below.

Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure

• Breathless with exertion
• Breathlessness
• Fluid in the lungs
• Pulmonary edema
• Breathing difficulties
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 17 symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Congestive Heart Failure: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Congestive Heart Failure:

• Pulmonary edema
• See also complications of heart failure
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Congestive Heart Failure

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure?

• Misdiagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure
• Failure to diagnose Congestive Heart Failure
• Hidden causes of Congestive Heart Failure (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive Heart Failure: Self Assessment Tools

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Congestive Heart Failure: Medical Mistakes

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Congestive Heart Failure: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Congestive Heart Failure

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal....read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are various less...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure can simply be...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely...read more »

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Congestive Heart Failure: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Hospitals & Clinics: Congestive Heart Failure

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• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Congestive Heart Failure: Rare Types

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Causes of Congestive Heart Failure

• Aging
• See also causes of heart failure
• Senile amyloidosis - congestive heart failure
• Heart failure - congestive heart failure
• Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 9 - congestive heart failure
• more causes...»

See full list of 104 causes of Congestive Heart Failure

More information about causes of Congestive Heart Failure:

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• Drug interactions causing Congestive Heart Failure (221 listings)
• Underlying causes of Congestive Heart Failure
• Congestive Heart Failure as a complication caused by other conditions
• Congestive Heart Failure as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Congestive Heart Failure

Treatments for Congestive Heart Failure

• ACE inhibitors
• Heart transplantation
• Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
• Life style changes
  • Quit smoking
• more treatments...»

See full list of 15 treatments for Congestive Heart Failure

Latest Treatments for Congestive Heart Failure

• Oxygen
• CPAP
• Sublingual nitroglycerine
• IV nitroglycerin
• Morphine sulfate
• more treatments...»

See full list of 14 latest treatments for Congestive Heart Failure

News Archives for Congestive Heart Failure

Medical news articles related to Congestive Heart Failure include:

• Know Your Odds for Heart Failure
• Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures
• Hidden Salt in Diet Haunts Many With Heart Failure
• Reduce Suffering, Urge Heart Failure Patients and Caregivers
• Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Congestive Heart Failure

Medical research articles related to Congestive Heart Failure include:

• Beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children
• Randomized Trial of Warfarin, Aspirin, and Clopidogrel in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: The Warfarin and Antiplatelet Therapy in Chronic Heart Failure (WATCH) Trial
• Diuretics for heart failure
• Blood pressure reduction and renin-angiotensin system inhibition for prevention of congestive heart failure: a meta-analysis
• Effectiveness of digoxin in reducing one-year mortality in chronic heart failure in the Digitalis Investigation Group trial
• Quantifying the paradoxical effect of higher systolic blood pressure on mortality in chronic heart failure
• BNP-guided vs symptom-guided heart failure therapy: the Trial of Intensified vs Standard Medical Therapy in Elderly Patients With Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF) randomized trial.
• Digitalis for treatment of congestive heart failure in patients in sinus rhythm
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Congestive Heart Failure

Prognosis for Congestive Heart Failure: Poor. 5-year survival around 50%. About 20% survive longer than 8-12 years.

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Reseach about Congestive Heart Failure

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Clinical Trials for Congestive Heart Failure

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Congestive Heart Failure include:

• Registry for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients Admitted to ER - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Longitudinal Registry for Advanced Heart Failure Patients - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Registry for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Evaluation of the Effects of Carperitide in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Carperitide (human recombinant atrial natriuretic peptide)
• A Study to Develop Additional Safety and Clinical Experience With NATRECOR hBNP (Nesiritide) in the Treatment of Patients With Worsening Congestive Heart Failure Who Require Inpatient Intravenous Therapy With Medications That Influence the Tone and Caliber of Blood Vessels. - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - nesiritide
• more trials...»

See full list of 254 Clinical Trials for Congestive Heart Failure

Prevention of Congestive Heart Failure

Prevention information for Congestive Heart Failure has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Congestive Heart Failure.

• Vitamin B6 - possibly used for prevention of Vitamin B6 deficiency
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Congestive Heart Failure

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Congestive Heart Failure: Broader Related Topics

• Heart conditions
• Heart failure
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Types of Congestive Heart Failure

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Article Excerpts about Congestive Heart Failure

Facts About Heart Failure in Older Adults: CDC-OC (Excerpt)

Congestive heart failure is a major chronic disease for older adults, accounting for about 260,000 deaths a year. The majority of the nearly 5 million U.S. patients with heart failure are older than 65 years. In 1995, $3.4 billion was paid by Medicare for heart failure. As the "baby boomers" age during the next 40 years, the number of heart failure patients older than 65 is expected to double. (Source: excerpt from Facts About Heart Failure in Older Adults: CDC-OC)

HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: NWHIC (Excerpt)

Congestive heart failure is a term often used to describe heart failure. But congestion, or the buildup of fluid, is only one symptom of heart failure and does not occur in all people who have heart failure. (Source: excerpt from HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: NWHIC)

Definitions of Congestive Heart Failure:

Inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues - (Source - WordNet 2.1)