Heart Failure Treatment

Heart Failure Treatment

Heart Failure

Heart Failure is a condition, in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs; the heart is unable to pump oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.

Causes of Heart Failure

Coronary artery disease: Are the most common cause of heart attack as these disease narrow the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscles.
Heart Attack: can leave scar tissue that interferes with the heart muscle's ability to pump normally.
High blood pressure (hypertension): makes your heart work harder than it should to circulate blood throughout your body.
Cardiomyopathy: Damage to the heart muscle from causes other than artery or blood flow problems, such as from infections or alcohol or drug abuse.
Longstanding alcohol abuse.
Disorders of the disorders of the heart valves.

Symptoms of Heart Failure

Heart failure occurs because of damage to the heart muscle or when something reduces the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively. Heart failure can be ongoing (chronic), or your condition may start suddenly (acute).

Fatigue
Shortness of breath
Chest congestion
Exercise intolerance
Leg and ankle swelling
Cough and Wheezing
Nausea, loss of appetite and confusion

Heart Failure Treatment:

Lifestyle Changes for heart failure treatment: -

Stop smoking or chewing tobacco.
Reach and maintain your healthy weight.
Control high blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and diabetes.
Exercise regularly.
Do not drink alcohol.
Have surgery or other procedures to treat your heart failure as recommended.

Medications for heart failure treatment: -

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors: Drug that widens blood vessels to lower blood pressure, improve blood flow and decrease the workload on the heart.

Angiotensin II receptor blockers: These drugs, which include losartan (Cozaar) and valsartan (Diovan), have many of the same benefits as ACE inhibitors. They may be an alternative for people who can't tolerate ACE inhibitors.

Beta blockers: Beta-blockers lower blood pressure and decrease and block the effect of harmful hormones that can cause disease progression.

Aldosterone antagonists: Spironolactone is a diuretic that preserves potassium and has been shown to reduce hospitalization and prolong life when used to treat advanced heart failure.

Inotropes: These are intravenous medications used in people with severe heart failure in the hospital to improve heart pumping function and maintain blood pressure.

Digoxin (Lanoxin): Digoxin makes the heart beat stronger and slower, and regulates the rhythm of its contractions

Surgical Procedures for heart failure treatment: -

Surgical options to treat underlying causes of heart failure include:

Coronary artery bypasses graft (CABG) or angioplasty: In angioplasty, a balloon catheter is guided to the area of the blockage or narrowing. When the balloon is inflated, the fatty plaque or blockage is compressed against the artery walls to improve blood flow. A medication such as heparin may be given during the procedure to reduce the risk of blood clots.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT): This treatment uses a pacemaker that sends timed electrical impulses to both of your heart's lower chambers (the left and right ventricles) so they pump better and more in sync.

Heart transplant: This is done when heart failure is so severe that it doesn't respond to any other treatments.

Heart valve surgery: If a faulty heart valve causes your heart failure, your doctor may recommend repairing or replacing it. A surgeon can repair or replace the valves.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD): ICD device is similar to pacemakers, as it put under the skin in your chest and this keeps track of the heart rhythm. If the heart is beating in a very fast rhythm, or if it stops, this device helps the heart to beat in a normal rhythm.

Infarct exclusion surgery: When a heart attack happens in the left ventricle (the lower left chamber of your heart), a scar forms. The scarred area is thin and can bulge out with each beat, forming what's called an aneurysm which can be removed by a surgery.

Ventricular assist device: The doctor puts it into the abdomen or chest and attaches it to your heart to help it pump blood to the rest of your body.

Coronary Angiography (without contrast)	USD 500
Coronary Angiography(including one medical stent)	USD 4500
CABG	USD 5000
AVR/MVR	USD 5000
Pacemaker	USD 4000

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