Dr Nalabothu on The Complications of Congestive Heart Failure
Dr Nalabothu on The Complications of Congestive Heart Failure
Dr. Poorna Nalabothu discusses the complications associated with congestive heart failure. For more information, please visit https://heartcenterutah.com/home/ or call (801) 266-3418.
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0.62 -> The complications of congestive heart failure
3.18 -> are abnormal heart rhythms, which are atrial arrhythmias,
7.96 -> which are atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter,
12.7 -> and ventricular arrhythmias which are
15.17 -> ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation,
17.88 -> which can lead to sudden cardiac death.
20.58 -> And kidney problems, as patient's heart cannot no longer
26.04 -> pump the blood, so there is a functional derangement
29.62 -> of the kidney function, which is progressive.
32.51 -> Because of the lack of the blood to the brain
34.86 -> it can lead to stroke and anemia,
39.76 -> less oxygen carrying capacity to the vital organs.
43.8 -> And the most important thing, as the disease progresses,
48.12 -> the patients develop cardiac cachexia.
51.39 -> They do have unintentional weight loss,
54.2 -> that's one of the complication
55.71 -> from congestive heart failure.
57.56 -> And during congestive heart failure,
59.71 -> it's patient's heart gets dilated.
63 -> In that situation, even though the valves,
65.96 -> which are functioning normal,
69.56 -> but because the chambers got bigger,
73.01 -> so the valves become leaky, which can be really problematic
76.65 -> in these congestive heart failure patients.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-907VQSvWUM