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Congestive heart failure is a buildup of fluid due to a failure of the heart to maintain a normal forward flow. It is a pump problem. Symptoms my include swelling of the soft tissues of the extremities, particularly the lower extremities, shortness of breath from buildup of fluid in the lungs, inability to lie down due to shortness of breath, decreased appetite, and exercise intolerance.An enlarged heart may be seen on chest xray in a patient with congestive heart failure, but other conditions may cause an enlarged heart as well, including chronic hypertension.
Im not a doctor but that sounds a lot like a heart attack.
Diagnosis: Congestive heart failure. What is the condition?
Congestive Heart failure.
A promising treatment for Congestive Heart Failure is EECP (Enhanced External Counter-Pulsation).
Not always but can be and it most likely runs in your genetics
Chronic alcoholism can lead to dilated cardiomyopathy which consequently can result in congestive heart failure.
used to diagnose certain cardiovascular diseases.also used to evaluate heart murmurs.determine the causes of congestive heart failure, assess enlarged hearts or hearts with septal defects.monitor the heart in patients.
Congestive heart failure - right-sided occurs in 1 in 20 people. It is a condition in which the right side of the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently.
Congestive heart failure involving the right side of the heart would be evident in the body as edematous feet.
Over time, untreated, worsening congestive heart failure will affect virtually every organ in the body.
Congestive heart failure is a collection of conclusions, so there is no single test that determines whether an individual has the syndrome. A number of tests are generally performed before a diagnosis is made. These include: an electrocardiogram (EKG) which may show causes of irregular heart rhythm; chest x-ray, showing an enlarged heart and/or fluid on the lungs; and an echocardiogram which can reveal the strength of the heart muscle, the size of the chambers, and valvular problems. Other tests used to determine presence of congestive heart failure are radionuclide ventriculogram (RVG) and cardiac catheterization.