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About 10% of patients with pulmonary embolism die suddenly within the first hour of onset of the condition. The outcome for all other patients is generally good; only 3% of patients who are properly diagnosed and treated die.
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Of patients hospitalized with an arterial embolism, 25–30% die, and 5–25% require amputation of a limb. About 10% of patients with a pulmonary embolism die suddenly within the first hour of onset of the condition.
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Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a life-threatening condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.Heart failure is almost always a chronic, long-term condition, although it can sometime...
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Heart failure is a condition in which the heart has lost the ability to pump enough blood to the body''s tissues. With too little blood being delivered, the organs and other tissues do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients to function properly.Ac...
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"Heart failure" is a broad term—often used inter-changeably with"congestive heart failure"(CHF)—to describe the heart''s inability to consistently pump enough blood to the body''s organs and tissues. Heart failure occurs either from a st...
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Pulmonary hypertension is a rare lung disorder characterized by increased pressure in the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood from the lower chamber on the right side of the heart(right ventricle) to the lungs where it...
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Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing function or the lungs themselves and can result in failure of the lungs to function properly. The main tasks of the lungs and chest are to get oxygen from the air that is inhaled i...
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Respiratory failure occurs when the lungs'' ability to either add oxygen to the bloodstream or remove carbon dioxide from it is impaired. Respiratory failure can have any one of several causes, such as lung disease or infection, electrolyte imbalan...
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Cardiogenic shock is a state in which the heart has been damaged so much that it is unable to supply enough blood to the organs of the body.Shock occurs whenever the heart is unable to pump as much blood as the body needs.The most common causes ar...
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Sudden cardiac death(SCD) is an unexpected death due to heart problems, which occurs within one hour from the start of any cardiac-related symptoms. SCD is sometimes called cardiac arrest.When the heart suddenly stops beating effectively and breat...
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Palpitations are heartbeat sensations that feel like your heart is pounding or racing. You may simply have an unpleasant awareness of your own heartbeat, or may feel skipped or stopped beats.
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Although palpitations are very common and often harmless, they can be frightening to the person, who is usually unaware of his or her heartbeat.Palpitations can also be a sign of serious heart trouble. Palpitations that are caused by certain types...
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Cor pulmonale is failure of the right side of the heart brought on by long-term high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and right ventricle of the heart.Normally, the left side of the heart produces a higher blood pressure in order to pump b...
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Cor pulmonale is an increase in bulk of the right ventricle of the heart, generally caused by chronic diseases or malfunction of the lungs. This condition can lead to heart failure.Cor pulmonale, or pulmonary heart disease, occurs in 25% of patien...
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