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In addition, hypertension precedes heart failure in 90% of cases, [7] and the majority of heart failure in the elderly may be attributable to hypertension. [17] Hypertensive heart disease was estimated to be responsible for 1.0 million deaths worldwide in 2004 (or approximately 1.7% of all deaths globally), and was ranked 13th in the leading ...
428 Heart failure. 428.0 Congestive heart failure unspecified; 428.1 Left heart failure. Pulmonary edema, acute; 428.2 Systolic heart failure; 428.3 Diastolic heart failure; 428.4 Heart failure, combined, unspec. 429 Ill-defined descriptions and complications of heart disease. 429.0 Myocarditis unspecified; 429.1 Myocardial degeneration; 429.2 ...
Other symptoms accompanying a hypertensive crisis may include visual deterioration due to retinopathy, breathlessness due to heart failure, or a general feeling of malaise due to kidney failure. [3] Most people with a hypertensive crisis are known to have elevated blood pressure, but additional triggers may have led to a sudden rise. [4]
CHF Congestive heart failure: CIDP Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: CIPA Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis: CIP Congenital insensitivity to pain: CJD Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: CKD Chronic kidney disease: CLOVES syndrome
The term hypertensive emergency is primarily used as a specific term for a hypertensive crisis with a diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 120 mmHg or systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 180 mmHg. [10] Hypertensive emergency differs from hypertensive urgency in that, in the former, there is evidence of acute organ ...
heart failure: HFpEF: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: HFrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction HFM: hand, foot and mouth disease: HFMD: hand, foot and mouth disease: HFNC: high flow Nasal cannula: HFRS: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome HGB: hemoglobin: HGH Human Growth Hormone: HGSIL: high-grade squamous ...
Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is an umbrella term used in the medical field that defines disorders of the heart and kidneys whereby "acute or chronic dysfunction in one organ may induce acute or chronic dysfunction of the other". [1]
Congestive heart failure is a pathophysiological condition in which the heart's output is insufficient to meet the needs of the body and lungs. [10] The term "congestive heart failure" is often used because one of the most common symptoms is congestion or fluid accumulation in the tissues and veins of the lungs or other parts of a person's body ...