Congestive heart failure and heart failure are the same and mean the heart can't pump enough blood. Heart failure can be left-sided or right-sided, affecting different parts of the heart. Different ...

When the patient arrived, she was breathing faster than normal and had been progressively tired and sweaty when feeding. Her temperature was 97.7 °F, with pulse of 175, respiration 70, blood pressure ...

Background The Forrester classification remains a cornerstone for assessing haemodynamic status in heart failure, yet its ...

A patient fact sheet outlining the differences between heart failure and cardiomyopathy, including subtypes of each condition and diagnostic procedures for both. Cardiomyopathy is a group of heart ...

Cardiac physiologic pacing, also known as cardiac resynchronization therapy, is indicated in patients with heart failure, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 50% or less, and either a ...