RLO: Heart Failure

 

Acute and Chronic Heart failure

Acute heart failure occurs when there is a sudden and severe impairment of cardiac function such as occurs in myocardial infarction (that is, a heart attack). Chronic heart failure occurs mainly as a consequence of ischaemic heart disease and the effects develop over months and years. In this case the patient’s body compensates for the slowly developing condition. For example the heart enlarges just as any stressed muscle is able to do.

 

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