Question 1

can pneumonia from years earlier caused by decompensated heart failure turn into chronic heart failure later on?

Accepted Answer

Congestive failure: Pneumonia causes heart failure decompensation in people who have heart failure already, it doesn't cause it anew usually. That is most of those people already have chronic compensated heart failure if they decompensate with pneumonia.

Question 2

how is compensated heart failure diagnosed?

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: Heart failure is based on a combination of symptoms &amp; echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) findings which demonstrate abnormalities in the function or structure of the heart.

Question 3

is an compensate heart failure hard to diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

: If you mean compensated heart failure  the answer is yes. The best way is to speak with you about your symptoms and their evolution and regression.

Question 4

does bp 120/70 for 57+ yr female (on 'olmezest 20') indicate any post cardiac issue (e.g. heart failure etc) ?

Accepted Answer

Need the whole story: A blood pressure reading of 120/70 (especially if a one-time reading) has no special meaning by itself, because it happens in normal healthy people, in people with "mild" diseases, in people with "serious" diseases, in people with heart problems, and in people with no heart problems. The only way to tell is to get the whole picture of what is happening with a particular patient.

Question 5

what is partial heart failure?

Accepted Answer

CHF : Partial heart failure is not a term we use.  I don't know where you got it.

Question 6

what happens during heart failure?

Accepted Answer

See below: Because the heart is weakened, it cannot pump the blood forward normally. This produces symptoms such as fatigue. Also the pressure rises within the heart resulting in a build up of fluid in the lungs and eventually involving the right side of the heart so that there is leg swelling. The body responds to the low output by releasing certain hormones which worsen the swelling. It is complex.

Question 7

how can you die from heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Heart failure: Not enough blood flow to the body causes deterioration or multiple organs which gradually can't support life. Sometimes a fatal arrhythmia hastens the process.

Question 8

what is  left-sided heart failure from?

Accepted Answer

Weakened LV: Can be caused by many things but most common cause is cad.  Lv function is usually assessed by an echocardiogram.

Question 9

what are the symptoms of heart failure?

Accepted Answer

There are several: The symptoms associated with heart failure often depend on the severity of failure.  People can experience shortness of breath and fatigue.  Some are unable to lie flat w/o sob (orthopnea) and sometimes they suddenly wake up short of breath.  They may need to urinate many times at night.  Frequent cough with frothy white sputum can occur. And sometimes chest pain.  There are many more.

Question 10

how likely is surviving a heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Depends on factors: Suriival in heart failure is most directly related to functional status, and dependent upon the patient's exercise capabilities following a diagnosis of heart failure, their survival and life expectancy can be quite good.

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