Chapter-23 Is Your Patient in Heart Failure?
BOOK TITLE: Bedside Cardiology
Author
1. Sarkar Achyut
ISBN
9789350259856
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11735_23
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2012
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1.
Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (IPGME&R); BM Birla Heart Research Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India,
Ex-Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (IPGME&R); Woodland Hospital and BM Birla Heart Research Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Chapter keywords
Hemodynamic congestion,
tachycardia,
pulmonary congestion,
dyspnea,
orthopnea,
pulmonary rales,
edema,
fatigue,
orthostasis,
valsalva maneuever,
sphygmomanometer,
congestive heart failure,
radionuclide ventriculography,
echocardiography,
norepinephrine,
Framingham criteria,
Boston criteria,
Ross criteria