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Health Encyclopedia: Congestive Heart Failure Complications
- Congestive Heart Failure Complications
- Highlights
- Introduction
- The Causes of Congestive Heart Failure
- Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure Risk Factors
- Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosis
Complications
At least 20% of hospitalizations in older adults are due to heart failure. For people over age65, it is the number one cause of death, with nearly 290,000 people dying from this disease each year. Nevertheless, although heart failure produces very high mortality rates, treatment advances in hypertension, heart surgeries, and heart pacemakers are now improving survival rates in patients with severe heart failure.
Life-Threatening Complications of Heart Failure
The most serious and life...
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Health Guide
Heart Attack Diagnosis and Tests
...Injury caused by angina, however, will have resolved by that time.AngiographyAngiography, also known as cardiac catheterization,is an invasive test. It is used for patients who show strong... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure: Surgery and Recovery
...Surgery and DevicesRevascularization SurgeryRevascularization surgery helps to restore blood flow to the heart. It can treat blocked arteries in patients with coronary artery disease and may help... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Diagnosis
Many tests can diagnose possible heart disease. The choice of which (and how many) tests to perform depends on the patient's risk factors, history of heart problems, and current symptoms.... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosis
...experienced the medical center in this procedure, the lower the risk. Click the icon to see an image of cardiac catheterization.Tests for MarkersResearchers are looking for biologic factors... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Prognosis
...killer of both men and women. In 2003, nearly 500,000 people died because of CAD. On the positive side, heart attack mortality rates have been declining. Half of men and 63% of women who die of... Read more »Images
Medications
...Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney problems. It is... Read more »
...beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. It is also used after a heart... Read more »
...high blood pressure. It is also used after an acute heart attack to improve survival. High... Read more »
...high blood pressure. It is also used after an acute heart attack to improve survival. High... Read more »
...Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney problems. This... Read more »
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