Lung water content is not increased in chronic cardiac failure

Lung water content is not increased in chronic cardiac failure.

I n patients with acute heart failure, lung water content is increased leading to pulmonary oedema. This can be detected clinically and radiologically, and makes a major contribution to the severe dyspnoea characteristic of this condition. In contrast, the lung water content in stable chronic cardiac failure has not been defined, as previous studies all included patients with overt fluid overlo...

Ventilation heterogeneity is increased in patients with chronic heart failure

In the healthy lung, ventilation is distributed heterogeneously due to factors such as anatomical asymmetry and gravity. This ventilation heterogeneity increases pathologically in conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, and cystic fibrosis. In chronic heart failure, lung biopsy demonstrates evidence of peripheral lung fibrosis and small airways narrowing and distortion. We ...

Increased Cerebral Water Content in Hemodialysis Patients

Little information is available on the impact of hemodialysis on cerebral water homeostasis and its distribution in chronic kidney disease. We used a neuropsychological test battery, structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a novel technique for quantitative measurement of localized water content using 3T MRI to investigate ten hemodialysis patients (HD) on a dialysis-free day and after ...

Greater frequency of increased cardiac troponin T than increased cardiac troponin I in patients with chronic renal failure.

cardiac arrythmias in acute and chronic renal failure

cardiac arrythmias are frequent complications in acute and chronic renal failure and they may well account for sudden unexplained death in these patients. based upon our recent study, we strongly believe that among other causative factors, focal degeneration of myocardium is the commonest and the most potentially dangerous cause of cardiac arrythmias. we suggest in emergency instances, ouabain ...