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2 sty 2021 · The traditional textbook definition of HF, which is usually defined as a “condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs” 1 or an “abnormality of cardiac structure or function leading to failure of the heart to deliver oxygen at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolizing tissues,” 2 is ...
12 lip 2021 · Quick Takes. The proposed universal definition describes HF as a clinical syndrome with symptoms and/or signs caused by a structural and/or functional cardiac abnormality and corroborated by elevated natriuretic peptide levels and/or objective evidence of pulmonary or systemic congestion.
* Latin nouns have five basic cases that determine what function the noun serves in the sentence. The word’s suffix determines the noun’s case. * Latin has five declensions (noun groups that use the same suffix for each case).
1 mar 2021 · The new Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure1 provides a definition that is clinically relevant and simple but conceptually comprehensive. It also offers the ability to sub-classify HF within ejection fraction (EF) groups and provides revised classification of stages of HF.
Anticoagulant: A class of drugs, blood thinners, that slows the blood clotting process. Antihypertensive: Medicines or other therapies designed to lower blood pressure. Aorta: The largest artery in the body and the main vessel to supply oxygen-rich blood from the heart throughout the entire body.
1 maj 2022 · The word ‘acute’ is often taken, wrongly, to mean ‘severe’, and should be used to mean ‘presenting suddenly’. In very broad-brush terms, acute heart failure refers to patients presenting as emergencies to hospital, usually with either pulmonary oedema or with fluid retention.
1 lis 2023 · HF is a clinical syndrome involving a commonly accepted composite of signs, symptoms, and investigative findings that are recognized as forming an identifiable disease state. This chapter reviews the history of HF definitions and outlines the advantages of the 2021 UDHF proposed by several international cardiology societies.
