Congestive heart failure is a leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the United States and Europe.1 Clinically, this syndrome is characterized by water retention and often left ventricular dilatation with poor systolic contractility. Etiologically, congestive heart failure can be of genetic or acquired origin. In 1993, 2 groups independently reported mutations in the cytoskeletal protein ...

A case study was conducted on the patients with congestive heart failure at Vinayaka Mission Hospital, Salem with the objective of assessing the effectiveness of planned nursing interventions for the Patients with congestive heart failure. All patients had breathing difficulty, edema, chest pain, tachycardia and fatigue. Aim was to bring better outcome and prevent further complication. Results ...

Twenty six patients with portal hypertension of different aetiologies were studied for endoscopic evidence of congestive gastroduodenopathy and histological evidence of congestive gastropathy and jejunopathy. Per oral biopsies of jejunum were taken by Watson's capsule. Normal biopsy tissues obtained from the antrum (26), fundus (10), and jejunum (26) were used as controls. Endoscopy showed cong...

PLASMA NOREPINEPHRINE CONCENTRATIONS, which increase in patients with congestive heart failure, reflect the severity of the disease and are closely related to prognosis.1 Because sympathetic activity is enhanced with increasing severity of congestive heart failure, the severity and prognosis of congestive heart failure can be evaluated based on parameters determined by I-123 metaiodobenzylguani...

INTRODUCTION The diagnosis and management of congestive heart failure at the primary care level is difficult. Despite advances in medical therapy, namely angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers, congestive heart failure remains a common cause of hospital visits. The extent to which these advances have been implemented in primary care is uncertain. We therefore sought to asses...

To alter the natural history of congestive heart failure and change the poor prognosis for patients with this condition will require new insights into its pathogenesis as well as the development of strategies to alter the neurohumeral and serum electrolyte abnormalities associated with congestive heart failure, which are often exaggerated by current therapeutic approaches. Although improvement ...

The use of antihypertensive agents has increased in recent years and has been more marked among individuals in older age groups (65-74 years) than in middle-aged groups (45-54 years). Because hypertension is a strong risk factor for the development of congestive heart failure, more common use of antihypertensive agents would be expected to reduce the incidence of congestive heart failure. Exami...

BACKGROUND Cardiac complications are important causes of morbidity after noncardiac surgery. The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to develop and validate an index for risk of cardiac complications. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 4315 patients aged > or = 50 years undergoing elective major noncardiac procedures in a tertiary-care teaching hospital. The main outcome measures were ma...

rheumatic mitral valve stenosis is the most common form of organic heart disease encountered during pregnancy and continues to cause maternal and fetal mortality. medically refractory congestive heart failure due to mitral stenosis is a clinical challenge and its optimal management remains controversial. on the other hand due to hazard of x-ray to mother and fetus, there are some limitations fo...

Aim: The aim of this prospective study was to determine and compare the various parameters and indices of portal vein, hepatic artery and splenic artery by sonographic Doppler imaging in chronic hepatitis C patients and healthy individuals.Methods: 45 Chronic Hepatitis C patients and 90 Healthy adults formed two groups. All participants underwent color Doppler imaging of the portal vein, hepati...