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2. Acute decompensated heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Opioids have traditionally been used in the treatment of the acute pulmonary edema that results from acute decompensated heart failure. A 2006 review, however, found little evidence to support this practice. [17] The National Institutes for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines do not recommend routinely offering opioids in acute heart ...

3. Management of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Sleep apnea is an under-recognized risk factor for heart failure. Uncontrolled sleep apnea may increase the risk of heart failure by up to 140%. [4] Weight reduction – through physical activity and dietary modification, as obesity is a risk factor for heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy. Effective weight management has been shown ...

4. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Acute decompensated heart failure is a worsening of chronic heart failure symptoms, ... according to guidelines published 2018 by NICE in the UK. [3]

5. Decompensation - Wikipedia

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   For example, cardiac decompensation may refer to the failure of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation, after long-standing (previously compensated) vascular disease (see heart failure). Short-term treatment of cardiac decompensation can be achieved through administration of dobutamine , resulting in an increase in heart contractility ...

6. CXL 1020 - Wikipedia

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   CXL 1020 is an experimental drug that is being investigated as a treatment for acute decompensated heart failure.CXL 1020 functions as a nitroxyl donor; nitroxyl is the reduced, protonated version of nitric oxide. [1]

7. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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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 ...