Congestive heart failure (CHF) complicates the course of a significant proportion of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In the ICU, CHF may present as a manifestation of newly diagnosed cardiac disease or as an exacerbation of underlying heart disease, as a result of fluid overload or stress accompanying acute illness, surgery, or trauma. This review highlights recent advances in manage...

Introduction: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a serious and growing public health problem worldwide. Approximately 23 million people are carriers of this disease two new cases diagnosed each year. The clinical evolution patients with CHF moving towards variable malnutrition, making it necessary to adhere enteral nutrition (EN). This picture can occur due inadequate intake, altered metabolism,...

Background: Cardiac asthma is common, but has been poorly investigated. The objective was to compare the characteristics and outcome of cardiac asthma with that of classical congestive heart failure (CHF) in elderly patients.

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a cardiovascular disease associated with the abnormal autonomic nervous system (ANS). Heart rate variability analysis (HRV) main method for quantitative evaluation of function. Common analytical methods HRV include time domain, frequency and nonlinear methods. However, these generally ignore short-term volatility ganglion law. Therefore, this study proposes new...

Background Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is characterized by neurohumoral activation, sodium retention, ventricular dysfunction and congestion, and renal insufficiency (RI). The congestive heart failure (CHF) component evolves from asymptomatic, to stable symptomatic to overt symptomatic CHF. The natriuretic peptide system (NPS), including atrial (ANP) and brain (BNP) natriuretic peptides is progr...

Development and Evaluation of a Clinical Management Protocol for Homebound Congestive Heart Patients by Matthew Kaspar MSN, Thomas Jefferson University, 2011 BSN, Thomas Jefferson University, 2009 MEd, University of Phoenix, 2004 BS, The Ohio State University, 2000 Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice Walden University Februar...

AIMS Extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover is a major determinant of diastolic dysfunction and pumping capacity, thus potentially contributing to the progression of congestive heart failure (CHF). Patients with both arterial hypertension and diabetes have a high risk of heart failure. Whether these patients have changes in cardiac ECM has not been studied previously. Our objective was to compare ...

Objective(s): Exercise training is a well-known accelerator for the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF). The current study aimed to investigate the restorative effects of aerobic interval training (AIT) intervention on myocardial energy metabolism in CHF rats. Materials and Methods: Post-myocardial infarction (MI) heart failure animal model was established. The Sprague-Dawley rats were ran...

heart failure (hf) is still a major problem worldwide with high morbidity and mortality rates. the recently developed medication for hf is still incapable of reducing its morbidity and mortality, and clinical data supporting the efficacy and safety of its mainstay therapy remain insufficient. arginine-vasopressin (avp) plays important roles in circulatory and water homeostasis, one of which is ...