left ventricular failure
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Introduction
Left ventricular failure includes:
Complications
- congestive heart failure occurs with left ventricular failure sufficient to result in pulmonary congestion
More general terms
More specific terms
- left ventricular diastolic dysfunction; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- left ventricular systolic dysfunction; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- ↑ Goodlin SJ. Palliative care in congestive heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jul 28;54(5):386-96 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19628112
- ↑ Parikh R, Kadowitz PJ. A review of current therapies used in the treatment of congestive heart failure. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2013 Sep;11(9):1171-8 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23980607