Where Is The Heart Located In The Body
Health Encyclopedia: Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosis
- Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosis
- Highlights
- Introduction
- The Causes of Congestive Heart Failure
- Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure Risk Factors
- Congestive Heart Failure Complications
Diagnosis
Doctorscan often make a preliminary diagnosis of heart failureby medical history and careful physical examination.
The medical history risks for heart failure include:
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Poor cholesterol levels
- Heart or peripheral vascular disease
- Sleep apnea
- Thyroid problems
- Obesity
- Lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol use)
The following physical signs, along with medical history, strongly suggest heart failure:
- Enlarged heart
- Irregular heart sounds
- Abnormal sounds in the lungs
- Swelling or tendern...
Expert & Community Posts
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Health Guide
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...your lungs, where it picks up oxygen, into the pump (your heart) and is pumped out to the rest of the body. Once the blood has delivered oxygen to the tissues, it returns to your heart and gets... Read more »Images
Medications
...side effects occur: weakness on one side of the body slurred speech vision changes ... Read more »
...side effects occur: weakness on one side of the body slurred speech vision changes ... Read more »
...medications can affect the removal of salmeterol from your body, thereby affecting how... Read more »
...cells/white blood cells/platelets). This can affect your body's ability to stop bleeding or... Read more »
...(cytopenia), which can cause bleeding problems and lower the body's ability to fight an... Read more »
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