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The most common cause of right sided heart failure is:
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Left ventricular failure
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The most common cause of right sided heart failure is:
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Left ventricular failure
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What are 3 situations in which right sided failure can occur WITHOUT left sided failure
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Lung disease, cor pulmonale, pulmonic or aortic valve disease
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Pulmonary hypertenion is associated with ____ -sided heart failure.
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RIGHT
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Congenital heart disease with Left-->right shunting can result in ____-sided heart failure.
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RIGHT
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What is the 1st cardiac sign of LHF?
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S3 heart sound
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If there is an increased workload, what effect does this have on end-diastolic pressure?
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End-diastolic pressure increases and stretches the myocytes
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What is the MAJOR cause of death in pts with untreated HTN?
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CHF
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Boggy congested lungs with frothy exudate of surfactant and blood
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Pulmonary edema
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Describe alveoli in pulmonary edema
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Widened alveolar septal walls and a pink staining proteinaceous material in the alveoli
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What does persistent congestion of the lungs induce?
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Intraseptal fibrin deposition
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What forms the characteristic chronic venous congestion or brown induration or hepatization that is noted in pulmonary edema?
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Hemosiderin and fibrin
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The most common manifestation of LVF
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dyspnea
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These 2 things can be measured to distinguish the difference between CHF and lung disease
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ANF and BNP (they are present in presence of a hypertrophic ventricle)
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What is the circulating half-life for BNP?
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~22 minutes
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