Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

Treatment of Congestive Heart failure

Heart failure is defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. The term “congestive heart failure” implies that the impaired blood flow is causing fluid retention in the lungs, legs, ankles or feet. Other common symptoms include shortness of breath when lying down or during exercise, fatigue and weakness, reduced exercise capacity, and rapi...

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN CHILDREN: A SURVEY OF 114 PATIENTS

During a period of four years between June, IS, 1988 to June, IS, 1992 one hundred and fourteen patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) were admitted to the pediatric department of Taleghani General Hospital. During the above period, 192 patients with heart disease were hospitalized at this department and CHF was the cause of admission in 59.4% of them. Congenital heart disease (CHO) w...

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Effectiveness of lmazodan for Treatment of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

A 12=week, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of imazodan, a type Ill phosphodiisterase inhibitor, was conducted in 147 patients with congestive heart failure to determine clinical efficacy and safety. Patients were randomized to placebo or 2,s or 10 mg of imazodan administered twice daily. Patients were maintained on their standard therapy including diuretics, digo...

Present treatment options in congestive heart failure.

Congestive Heart Failure

The heart is composed of two independent pumping systems, one on the left side and one on the right. The right chamber, or right atrium, of the heart relaxes and expands to fill with blood that has returned from the body. (This relaxed action causes diastolic pressure, recorded as the second and lower number when measuring blood pressure). The used blood is poor in oxygen and rich in carbon dio...