Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with answers graded A+
Pathophysiology of Heart Failureheart failure when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the metabolic demands of body diastolic heart failure stiff heart muscles/ventricles fill with less blood than normal because can't relax normally preserved Ejection Fraction systolic heart failure weakened heart muscle/ventricles eject less blood bc they can't squeeze as well reduced Ejection Fraction causes of diastolic and systolic heart failure diastolic - valvular (aortic) stenosis and chronic HTN systolic - valvular regurgitation and myocardial infarction impaired filling of the heart (stiff ventricle)
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Nightingale College
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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pathophysiology of heart failure
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