Congestive Heart Failure: Types, Causes  and Treatment

Journal of Health and Medical Research is a peer review open access journal in field of health and medicine. Here we discuss about Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic progressive condition that affects the pumping power of your heart muscles. While often referred to simply as “heart failure,” CHF specifically refers to the stage in which fluid builds up around the heart and causes it to pump inefficiently.

You have four heart chambers. The upper half of your heart has two atria, and the lower half of your heart has two ventricles. The ventricles pump blood to your body’s organs and tissues, and the atria receive blood from your body as it circulates back from the rest of your body.

CHF develops when your ventricles can’t pump enough blood volume to the body. Eventually, blood and other fluids can back up inside your:

• lungs
• abdomen
• liver
• lower body

CHF can be life-threatening. If you suspect you or someone near you has CHF, seek immediate medical treatment.

Types

Left-sided CHF is the most common type of CHF. It occurs when your left ventricle doesn’t properly pump blood out to your body. As the condition progresses, fluid can build up in your lungs, which makes breathing difficult.

There are two kinds of left-sided heart failure:

• Systolic heart failure occurs when the left ventricle fails to contract normally. This reduces the level of force available to push blood into circulation. Without this force, the heart can’t pump properly.
• Diastolic failure, or diastolic dysfunction, happens when the muscle in the left ventricle becomes stiff. Because it can no longer relax, the heart can’t quite fill with blood between beats.

CAUSES

CHF may result from other health conditions that directly affect your cardiovascular system. This is why it’s important to get annual checkups to lower your risk for heart health problems, including high blood pressure (hypertension), coronary artery disease, and valve conditions.

TREATMENT

1. Congestive heart failure drugs

ACE inhibitors

Enalapril

lisinopril

Beta-Blockers

Acebutol

Atenolol etc

Diuretics

 indapamide (Lozol), and hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide).

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