Heart Failure Complications
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
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Hepatic hemangioma
...tumor is only in one lobe of the liver, surgery is a cure, even if the child has heart failure. Complications Pregnancy and estrogen-based medications can cause cavernous hemangiomas... Read more »Myocarditis
...individual patient. Some may recover completely, while others may have permanent heart failure. Complications Heart failure Pericarditis ... Read more »Right-sided heart failure
...Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of heart failure in the United States, but it can be a complication of other conditions. Heart failure may affect the right side of the... Read more »Cardiomyopathy
...receptor blockers (ARBs): These drugs have been shown to improve survival and reduce heart-related complications. Aldosterone blockers : These drugs help balance electrolytes in... Read more »Cysticercosis
...generally good, unless the lesion has caused blindness, heart failure, or brain damage. These are rare complications. Complications Blindness, decreased vision Heart failure or... Read more »Images
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