Question 1

Tell me the difference between cor pulmonale and right-sided heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Cor pulmanale is right sided failure brought on by long standing pulmonary artery hypertension.

Question 2

What is the difference between cor pulmonale, right-sided heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Cor pulmonale implies right sided heart failure due to lung disease. There are other causes of right heart failure the most common of which is left heart failure. Other causes are congenital heart disease and disease of the tricuspid valve.

Question 3

How are cor pulmonale and right-sided heart failure different?

Accepted Answer

Cor pulmonale is another term for right heart failure.

Question 4

Does cor pulmonale = right sided heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Cor pulmonale is the inability of the right side of the heart to pump blood through the lungs. One common cause is left-sided heart failure and this isn't cor pulmonale. A host of lung diseases cause cor pulmonale and some folks use the term to include heart failure due to pulmonary thromboembolization.

Question 5

What is differences between right ventricular hypertrophy & right heart failure; cor pulmonale & pulmonary hypertension? do they hv the same meaning?

Accepted Answer

Rvh is thickening muscle bound right ventricle, sometimes due to pulmonary hypertension, lung disease, or left sided failure and backup.
As the muscle does its very best to keep up with the needed work to pump through an ill obstructed lung circulation, it may tire out= right ventricular failure or collapse.
This puts stress back to the body and fluid retention and stresses the left heart.

Question 6

What is the difference between left heart failure and right heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Left heart failure reduces the ability of the heart to pump bold to the body. It is mainly caused by chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease or valve disease. It causes fliuid to build up in lungs. Right heart failure is the inability to pump blood to the lungs. It is mainly caused by lung disease or by pressure in lungs from left heart failure. Fluid then builds up in the bodies veins.

Question 7

Describe the difference between left heart failure and right heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Fluid accumulates during congestive heart failure.  When the right side of the heart fails, fluid accumulates in the legs and abdomen.  When the left side of the heart fails, fluid accumulates in the lungs and makes the patient short of breath.  Not infrequently, both sides of the heart fail at the same time.

Question 8

Can someone describe the difference between left heart failure and right heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Left heart muscle ischemic, dead or scarred and does not push blood well( low ejection fraction), low blood pressure, and may back up and strain right heart and get pulmonary fluid retention, edema, peripheral edema.
If right side muscle dies, scars or is under back pressure from bad lungs, pulmonary embolism it may show first signs, but left heart is not happy either due to poor inflow.
Simple?

Question 9

Hi my lung function came back sayimg my co transfer factore is reduced to 74%. can you pls tell me what at means ? i have right heart failure also.

Accepted Answer

If less than fifty then I would be more concerned. However with heart failure it is not uncommon to have low dlco. The more concerning is why right heart failure at age 44.   Meaning of low dlco is low ability of oxygen to be absorbed from lungs to blood.

Question 10

Whats the difference between right ventricular enlargement, cardiomyopathy and right sided heart failure? what is worse?

Accepted Answer

RV enlargement can be a SIGN of something wrong with the RV (weakness, pressure or volume overload). Cardiomyopathy means muscle weakness: the ventricle fails to contracts with normal vigor. This can be due to many things: the commonest are viral infection, alcohol, and genetics. If the RV can't handle the load, it may eventually fail resulting in"right sided heart failure".

Tell me the difference between cor pulmonale and right sided heart failure