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Heart Failure

How is it diagnosed?

Blood Test

Your doctor will take blood samples to check kidney and thyroid functions and to look for indicators of other diseases may effect the heart.

Chest X-ray's

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Echocardiogram

Stress Test

Treatment

  • www.mayoclinic.com
  • www.heart.org
  • www.ebmd.com

To begin with, your doctor will take a careful

medical history, perform a physical examination,

risk of high blood pressure, signs of congestion,

abnormal heart sounds that may suggest

heart failure.

X-ray images help your doctor

see the condition of your lungs

and heart. In heart failure, your

heart may appear enlarged and

fluid buildup maybe visible in

your lungs.

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It records eletrical activity of your heart

through electrodes. Impulses are recorded as

waves and displayed on a monitor. Can show

heart rythym disorders and underlying damage

to your heart from previous heart attacks, as

well as unusual cases of heart failure.

What is heart failure?

-severe failure of the heart to function

properly, esp. as a cause of death.

Uses sound waves to see how well

your heart is pumping by using a

video image and measuring how

much blood is pumping through

your left ventricle.

It may measure how your heart and

blood vessels respond to exertion.

You make walk a treadmill or pedal

a stationary while attached to a ECG machine, or you may receive a drug

that stimulates your heart for

exercise.

Medicines may include: beta blockers, diuretics, inotropes, aldosterone antagonists, and digoxin.

Surgeries may include: Coronary bypass surgery,heart valve repair or replacement, heart pumps, implantable cardio defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy.

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