Heart Failure Explained Clearly - Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

An overview of heart failure by Dr. Roger Seheult of http://www.medcram.com. Includes symptoms, definitions, ejection fraction (EF), pathophysiology, ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure (CHF), the role of hypertension (HTN) and more.

This is video 1 of 3 on heart failure (HF):

0:36 basic heart physiology
0:55 pulmonic circulation
1:04 systemic circulation
2:00 heart failure - congestion
2:35 reduced kidney function
2:55 reno-angiotensin system
3:04 anti-diuretic hormone
3:24 Cheyne-Stokes respiration
3:44 heart failure - pulmonary edema
3:55 heart failure - liver congestion (AST, ALT increase, nutmeg liver)
4:12 increased pulmonary artery pressure
4:23 heart failure - pedal edema
5:30 systole
5:38 diastole
6:15 systolic dysfunction
6:21 diastolic dysfunction
6:32 ejection fraction
9:01 heart failure - new classification
9:36 heart failure - reduced ejection fraction (HFREF)
10:19 heart failure - normal ejection fraction (HFNEF)
11:27 ischemic heart disease
12:11 hypertension

Speaker: Roger Seheult, MD
Clinical and Exam Preparation Instructor
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.

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