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Morbidity and mortality of heartfailure are decreasing because of improved medical treatment. The recompensation balance can however be very fragile, which is illustrated by three patients. A woman aged 73 and a man aged 62, both known with heart failure, became seriously ill after diarrhoea;
OBJECTIVE
We treated a 69-year-old woman with bilateral uveal effusions associated with primary pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, and vomiting.
METHODS
The patient underwent ophthalmoscopic, echocardiographic, and fluorescein angiographic examinations.
RESULTS
Increased venous
Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte disturbance among older patients. We determined the prevalence of and factors associated with hyponatraemia among older patients with predominantly acute decompensated heart failure attending a tertiary hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Main study aim: (1) to
A 14-year-old girl with a history of complex congenital heart disease in end-stage heart failure and with cyclic vomiting was admitted to our hospice program in 2012. Before hospice enrollment, she had required intermittent infusions of dexmedetomidine to abort cyclic vomiting episodes after cardiac
OBJECTIVE
We sought to investigate the efficacy and safety of tezosentan, a dual endothelin receptor antagonist, in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (HF).
BACKGROUND
Tezosentan has been previously shown to improve hemodynamics in patients with stable chronic HF.
METHODS
In a
A fixed-dose combination tablet of benazepril and pimobendan (Fortekor Plus; Elanco Animal Health) was tested in dogs with congestive heart failure (CHF) caused by myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in a three-arm, masked, randomized, non-inferiority clinical trial in Japan. The test group (n =
Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) experience many burdensome symptoms that increase patient suffering.Comparative secondary analysis of 347 patients with advanced HF. Symptom burden was measured with the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-HF. METHODS
A 38-year-old man was admitted for increasing dyspnea, nausea and emesis during the preceding year. Clinically he was in heart failure NYHA stage III. He had not been on any regular medication and had no other medical complaints. Physical examination revealed a pulse of 100/min., hypotension
Heart failure as a result of cardiomyopathy is an uncommon presentation in the pediatric emergency department (PED). The initial presenting symptoms in these cases are often nonspecific and may be confused with more common pediatric illnesses. We report a case of a 3-year-old girl initially
A 22-year-old man presented to the hospital with progressive shortness of breath, chest discomfort, sinus tachycardia, and emesis. The echocardiogram demonstrated global hypokinesis with a left ventricle ejection fraction of 15-20%. The patient was treated for acute systolic heart failure
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic disease process affecting multiple organ systems and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We report a case of a 43-year-old male with a history of unspecified cardiomyopathy who presented to the hospital with abdominal pain, distention,
The efficacy of muzolimine (BAY g 2821) in doses of 30 or 60 mg/day was studied over an observation period of 4 weeks in 48 patients with mild to moderate heart failure (NYHA stage 2 or 3) in a biometrically planned, multicentre study. Eleven of these patients were excluded from the evaluation of
BACKGROUND
Mediastinal extension of pancreatic pseudocysts has caused rare cases of cardiac compression, but to our knowledge, congestive heart disease due to cardiac compression by a pancreatic pseudocyst has never been reported.
CONCLUSIONS
A 48-year-old man presented with dyspnea, swelling of
Ischemic hepatitis can occur as an acute episode in advanced congestive heart failure (CHF). The mechanism is massive necrosis of the central lobules resulting from acute hypoxia when low cardiac output further reduces oxygen supply, aggravating underlying congestion due to poor venous outflow. We
To determine frequency of missed heart failure diagnosis at first presentation among children with no known heart disease admitted with new-onset heart failure.Using a retrospective design, we reviewed electronic medical records of all patients aged <21