An integrated minireview of drug therapy used for congestive heart failure (CHF), illustrated with visually appealing tables and diagrams. Updated with the latest heart failure management guidelines and new drugs like If inhibitor Ivabradine. A quick visual aid for the course study and board review
Sometimes, the people will wonder what is heart failure? It is a fact that the heart failure means that the heart is unable to provide sufficient pump action to maintain blood flow to meet the needs of the body. The heart failure doesn’t mean that the heart has stopped functioning. Some people may feel scared… Read More »
“Although, your health condition may impact your everyday life, do not let it define who you are.” Furosemide belongs to a group of medicines called loop diuretics (also known as water pills). Furosemide is given to help treat fluid retention (edema) and swelling that is caused by congestive heart failure, liver disease, kidney disease, or… Read More »
This comprehensively covers everything from pathophysiology to the evaluation of patients presenting with heart failure to medical management, device therapy, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, and include relevant cardiac imaging studies such as echocardiograms and magnetic resonance imaging studies which could be seen in their entirety as well as pathology slides, hemodynamic tracings and… Read More »
Understand Congestive Heart Failure in less than an hour.Do you find yourself unable to find accurate well-sorted information about congestive heart failure in one place? Are you unsure how well your doctor knows about your heart disease?I certainly was. This is the reason why I did a months-long research concerning this topic after my father… Read More »
The heart is the second most important organ in the body after the brain. It constantly pumps blood to the other parts of the body for the bodily functions. The number of people developing heart failure is increasing in steady numbers. Heart failure is one of the leading causes of death in the world today.… Read More »
Heart failure may seem frightening, but it doesn’t mean that the heart will stop functioning. Heart failure generally is a treatable condition. It means that the heart is weak and not pumping blood as it should. Because blood is not pumped properly to organs such as the kidneys or brain, they receive less oxygen. In… Read More »
“Although, your health condition may impact your everyday life, do not let it define who you are.” Furosemide belongs to a group of medicines called loop diuretics (also known as water pills). Furosemide is given to help treat fluid retention (edema) and swelling that is caused by congestive heart failure, liver disease, kidney disease, or… Read More »