Heart Failure is a condition that develops over time and can be caused by many different heart problems. Heart failure is most often a chronic condition. There is several classifications under this condition for example in systolic failure the heart cannot contract adequately to eject sufficient blood volume. In diastolic heart failure there is impaired ventricular relaxation and impaired filling creating the inability of the heart to fill with blood or to pump enough blood to the body to meet its metabolic need. Another classification includes Right-sided heart failure it occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood into the lungs for gas exchange. Resulting in peripheral edema, ascites, and jugular vein distention (JVD). Left-sided heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump oxygen rich blood into the body and results in pulmonary congestion, shortness of breath, and fatigue (Heart Failure, 2014).
Heart failure can affect the right side or the left side of the heart, and often times it involves both sides of the heart. The most common causes for heart failure are …show more content…
In less than ordinary exertion symptoms appear making this classification a (class III). When symptoms appear while the person in at rest (class IV) is warranted. The following manifestations are present in CHF and are symptoms of decreased cardiac output that include weakness, fatigue, syncope, dizziness, decreased exercise tolerance. CHF also manifests increased pressure and congestion behind a failing ventricle. For example in the left ventricle failure sign and symptoms will include SOB, dyspnea, tachypnea; orthopnea, crackles, cough, and s3 gallops. Cyanosis may also be present in left ventricle failure. In right ventricle failure signs and symptoms include distended neck veins, liver enlargement with right upper quadrant pain, nausea, anorexia, and
Heart failure can affect the right side or the left side of the heart, and often times it involves both sides of the heart. The most common causes for heart failure are …show more content…
In less than ordinary exertion symptoms appear making this classification a (class III). When symptoms appear while the person in at rest (class IV) is warranted. The following manifestations are present in CHF and are symptoms of decreased cardiac output that include weakness, fatigue, syncope, dizziness, decreased exercise tolerance. CHF also manifests increased pressure and congestion behind a failing ventricle. For example in the left ventricle failure sign and symptoms will include SOB, dyspnea, tachypnea; orthopnea, crackles, cough, and s3 gallops. Cyanosis may also be present in left ventricle failure. In right ventricle failure signs and symptoms include distended neck veins, liver enlargement with right upper quadrant pain, nausea, anorexia, and