Left ventricular failure

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• Synonyms

  • Left heart failure
  • LVF

• Causes

  • Aortic stenosis
  • Aortic regurgitation
  • Hypertension
  • Myocardial ischaemia
  • Ventricular septal defect
  • Myocardial disease
  • Left to right shunt
  • Congestive cardiac failure

• Effects

  • Fatigue
  • Breathlessness
  • Gallop rhythm
  • Left ventricular hypertrophy
  • High pulmonary venous pressure
  • Transudate pleural effusion

• Parents

  • Heart failure