Heart Failure - Presentation and Classification Flashcards
1
Q
LHF Presx - often to due to long-standing ?, presenting with:
- ?
- exertional ?, ? ? dyspnoea
- and orthopnoea
A
HTN
fatigue
dyspnoea
paroxysmal nocturnal
2
Q
LHF signs - are ? until ? stage (unless failure is ?)
- ? with a displaced apex beat
- ? HS, plus ? rhythm if tachy
- ? ? crackles
A
few late acute cardiomegaly 3rd gallop bibasal coarse
3
Q
RHF Presx - often due to ? disease, or ? valve ? - presenting with:
- ?
- ?
- ?/nausea (from ?-megaly)
- swollen ?
A
pulm pulm stenosis fatigue SOB anorexia hepato ankles
4
Q
RHF Signs - more prominent than Sx:
- ? venous distension
- hepatomegaly/?
- dependent ? oedema
- pleural ?
- ?, gallop rhythm
A
jugular ascites pitting effusion cardiomegaly
5
Q
CCF can lead to syndrome of cardiac ?, with sometimes life -threatening ? ? due to combo of ? (decr appetite and nausea) and incr ? demands
A
cachexia
weight loss
hepatomegaly
metabolic
6
Q
New York Heart Assoc Classification
- stage 1 - disease present, no undue ? from ? activity
- stage 2 - SOB present on ?activities
- stage 3 - less than ordinary activity causes ?, which is ?
- stage 4 - SOB at ?, any activity = ?
A
SOB ordinary ordinary SOB limiting rest limiting
