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left ventricular failure
Left ventricular failure includes:
1) left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
2) left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Complications:
- congestive heart failure occurs with left ventricular failure sufficient to result in pulmonary congestion
Related
congestive heart failure
Specific
left ventricular diastolic dysfunction; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
left ventricular systolic dysfunction; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
General
heart failure (HF)
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: 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: 23980607