Info CHF Symptoms

• • Heart failure may be the consequence of a failing left or right ventricle or both ventricles
  • so heart failure is the result of an inadequate left, right or bilateral pump which occurs in series with the pulmonary and systemic circulation
• • an inadequately functioning ventricle leads to:
  • hyper-perfusion - congestion of the preceding system
  • as well as
  • hypo-perfusion of the succeeding system
• • for the right ventricle, majority of symptoms will be arising from
  • the systemic venous circulation (preceding system)
  • the pulmonary system (succeeding system)
  • for the left ventricle, majority of symptoms will be from
  • the lungs (preceding system)
  • the systemic arterial system (succeeding system)
• • left ventricular failure in time will cause right ventricular failure
  • right ventricular failure in time will cause left ventricular failure
  • prognosis is poor
  • total heart failure includes failure of both ventricles
  • summary of signs and symptoms below: