Heart Disease

Heart failure means your heart cannot pump blood the way it should. Your heart can grow weak as a pump and cause systolic heart failure or it may grow very stiff and unable to relax efficiently causing diastolic heart failure. These two conditions may exist separately or together. Heart failure" doesn't mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop working. However, it is a serious condition that requires expert medical care. Heart failure may be characterized by shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, swelling of the ankles and nightime breathlessness. If you have any of these symptoms seek medical attention.

There's a lot.I once had a hole in my heart.

Assessment:

urine output - may need catherterisation to monitor output, plus fluid balance chart.

BP - may increased as heart is working too hard. Bed rest

Pulse - may be tachycardic for same reasons as above

oxygen saturation - will probably be low, need to apply O2 therapy, and get SPO2 monitor on.

Pain - morphine (opioids) will decrease pain but also cause respiratory depression.

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I am gonna assume that you are asking about Klebsiella pneumoniae here since there are many species, and the pneumoniae species is pretty bad because it causes pneumonia in the lungs, as the name suggests. There could be other species that infect humans 👀

I would say antibiotics would totally help but it should be prescribed by a legit doctor and the sample must be tested by the lab people to confirm the presence of such a bacteria, nail down its identity, strain type and most importantly, whether it's susceptible to any of the antibiotics.

In my experience, I had this bacteria grown on an agar plate and it was really slimy due to its capsule, making it a rather notorious pathogen. A good number of them are antibiotic-resistant due to the ability to chuck out antibiotics with the help of an efflux pump.

In conclusion, there could be some antibiotics out there to treat it as long as nobody at home attempts to self medicate, which I highly don't recommend at all, and goes to see a decent doctor for a proper diagnosis.

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people with atherosclerosis have a build up of plaque and fat in their arteries and veins, this can cause imense pressure in arteries and can lead to an ulcer. Dietary fat is a contributing factor to the build up of plaque in the veins and arteries

Yes. A damaged valve - the worst case scenario - is preferable to death by ventricular fibrillation.

Unfortunately, there is no treatment for cardiomyopathy itself. The treatment is to treat the underlying cause. Cardiomyopathy is not a disease entity unto itself, it is a manifestation of an underlying disease.

There are many potential causes of cardiomyopathy. Heart attacks cause a significant proportion in the US population, especially those over the age of 50. Viral causes are also common. Other causes include drugs, some infections, some autoimmune disease, some vitamin deficiencies, and pregnancy. Sometimes we never find out why cardiomyopathy occurs.

Treatment, as I alluded to above, is to treat the underlying disease, if possible. An echocardiogram should be performed after the condition is stabilized to make sure the heart function is adequate to support activity and insertion of a pacemaker/defibrillator may be necessary if the heart is too weak. If the ejection fraction is below 20-25 percent, there is a higher risk of arrhythmia and death, which is why a defibrillator may be necessary.

In extreme cases, a heart transplant may be necessary.

Dilated cardiomyopathy is usually treated with combination of Beta Bloockers (Coreg, Cardevilol) and blood pressure lowering medication (Enalapril). Also in order to stabilize heart rhythm Digoxin could be prescribed. In some severe cases, when patient's body is reatining water, water pill must be admistired (Furosemide, Lasics). In this case patient also needs to take Potassium pill to compensate possible potassium deficinecy. Blood work need to be performed regurally checking Potassium level in blood.

American cardiologists look scepticly at nutritional supplement CQ 10, however their Europian collegs highly valued CQ 10 as essential medicine for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure.

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The heart and the blood vessels that lead to the heart.

CHF is the abbreviation for the Swiss currency (Swiss Franc)!

Yes. A heart murmur is caused by a AVSD (Atrioventricular Septal Defect; a hole between the atria and between the ventricals) , VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect; as AVSD but just the ventricals) or an ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Also it could be caused with valve stenois

The patient would receive intravenous pain killer. They will make you as comfortable as possible.

Fatigue and weakness are common after the procedure. The patient should limit activities for the first two days after the procedure and can gradually resume normal activities by the end of the week.

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Inferoapical ischemia is lack of blood flow below the apex.

The tunica media is the thickest layer of of an artery

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Look up Congestive Heart Failure or Heart Failure. Left sided heart failure is the most common. It will usually result in shortness of breath. Right sided heart failure usually causes swelling primarily in the legs. There is no cure. But it can be managed with medication.

Rhabdomyolosis- This happened to my husband. He was in the ICU for 7 days and had to be off of work for a long time. It scared me to death. He would drink sodas instead of water. If you are in pain and take ibuprofen or any other pain killer it will build up in your blood causing all kinds of problems.. especially since you are already dehydrated. He is fine now, but it's taken awhile.

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It is to "restart" the heart's electrical conductivity and electrical rhythym. It, in general, sends out an electrical impulse to the heart to kickstart it.

Cholesterol- an organic chemical substance classified as a waxy steroid of fat. It is an essential structural component of mammalian cell membranes and is required to establish proper membrane permeability and fluidity. In addition to its importance within cells, cholesterol is an important component in the hormonal systems of the body for the manufacture of bile acids, steroid hormones, and vitamin D. Cholesterol is the principal sterol synthesized by animals; in vertebrates it is formed predominantly in the liver. Small quantities are synthesized in other cellular organisms (eukaryotes) such as plants and fungi. It is almost completely absent among prokaryotes, i.e. bacteria.

Although cholesterol is important and necessary for human health, high levels of cholesterol in the blood have been linked to damage to arteries and cardiovascular disease.[2]

Heart Disease-

Heart disease is a broad term used to describe a range of diseases that affect your heart. The various diseases that fall under the umbrella of heart disease include diseases of your blood vessels, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); heart infections; and heart defects you're born with (congenital heart defects).

The term "heart disease" is often used interchangeably with "cardiovascular disease." Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions, such as infections and conditions that affect your heart's muscle, valves or beating rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.

Many forms of heart disease can be prevented or treated with healthy lifestyle choices.

The normal range is 0.0 - 1.0 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).