Heart Failure

Heart failure is the imbalance between the heart's ability to pump blood and the body's needs.  Also, there is a chronic reduced pressure. Symptoms of heart failure usually develop over time as your heart weakens and can not pump blood your body needs. The reasons why people suffer from heart failure is that your muscle can not pump (eject) blood from the heart very well. This is called systolic heart failure.  Furthermore, the myocardium is rigid and not easily filled with blood. This is called diastolic heart failure.  

To control heart failure, there are several treatments.  A simple treatment is to change the lifestyle, whether quitting smoking, limiting salt intake, lose weight and reduce the level of effort.  Another serious drug treatment, which ACE inhibitors, which make the heart work less intensity is used.  It is also beta-blockers, which is the treatment of disorders of heart rhythm.  On the other hand, they include anticoagulants, are in inhibiting blood clotting.  Finally, they include diuretics, cause the elimination of water and sodium using urine or feces.  

Another treatment that helps fight heart failure is cardiac resynchronization therapy. It consists of cardiac resynchronization pacemaker.   Pacemakers are sending painless electrical impulses to the ventricles to help beat in a coordinated manner.  And finally, the treatment of cardiac surgery, which takes into account whether the case is advanced.  If heart failure worse by a weak valve, it is considered heart surgery to repair or replace the valve.  If the case is too serious, it is considered the heart transplant.

Heart failure has as consequences difficulties of physical activity, walking, running or climbing stairs.  Also, feel that you needed breathing.  This condition is related to the fact that the heart has less capacity than it should have in order to pump blood.  We must make several changes in our lifestyle and habits, such as cooking without salt, avoid alcohol, smoking, watch weight, exercise and relax.