high-output heart failure

Etiology

• sepsis
• hypervolemia
  • renal failure
  • excessive fluid administration
• chronic & severe anemia
• large arteriovenous fistula
• multiple small arteriovenous shunts
• hyperthyroidism
• wet beriberi

Pathology

• elevated left ventricular end diastolic pressure
• circulatory overload
• pulmonary edema

More general terms

• acute heart failure (AHF)