Right-sided heart failure
Avoiding behaviors that lead to chronic lung disease (especially cigarette smoking) may prevent the eventual development of cor pulmonale. Careful evaluation of childhood heart murmurs may prevent cor pulmonale caused by certain heart defects.
Barst RJ. Pulmonary hypertension. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 67.
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Cor pulmonale is failure of the right side of the heart brought on by long-term high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and right ventricle of... Read more »
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Right-sided heart failureTreatmentTreatment is directed at the illness that is causing cor pulmonale. Supplemental oxygen may be prescribed to... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Right-sided heart failureSymptomsChest discomfort, usually in the front of the chestExercise intoleranceShortness of breathSwelling of the feet or... Read more »
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