Heart failure
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- The condition in which cardiac output is insufficient in meeting the needs of the body and lungs is called [...].
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- Acute heart failure is also called [...].
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- Cardiogenic shock is another name for [...].
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- Does the term "heart failure" generally refers to acute or chronic heart failure?
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- What does decompensation refer to in heart failure?
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- In systolic heart failure, the ejection fraction is [...]%.
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- In diastolic heart failure, the ejection fraction is [...]%.
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- Is left or right heart failure more common?
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- Is systolic or diastolic heart failure more common?
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- Left heart failure leading to right heart failure is known as [...].
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- As heart failure becomes more severe, what happens to end-diastolic pressure and why?
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- Why does left heart failure lead to pulmonary congestion and pulmonary oedema?
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- In heart failure, why do compensatory mechanisms which keep cardiac output and blood pressure constant lead to increased myocardial damage?
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- Why does heart failure lead to exercise intolerance?
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- What is the most common cause of right heart failure?
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- Why does chronic heart failure lead to dilation of the heart?
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- Why does left heart failure cause orthopnoea?
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- Why does right heart failure lead to oedema in the extremities?
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- Why does right heart failure cause jugular venous distension?
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- What is the most common cause of left heart failure?
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