Right sided heart failure is also known as congestive heart failure. The right side loses it's pumping function and the blood backs up in other areas causing congestion. Congestion affects the liver, the GI tract and the limbs.
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Right-sided congestive heart failure can result in; peripheral oedema (fluid accumulation in distal areas, such as legs), ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdomen), hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver), weakness/fatigue, irregular/rapid heart beat and/or loss of appetite.
Congestive heart failure involving the right side of the heart would be evident in the body as edematous feet.
Congestive heart failure - right-sided occurs in 1 in 20 people. It is a condition in which the right side of the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently.
Congestive heart failure is the condition of a weakened heart not able to pump blood effectively.Congestive heart failure.
Is result of emberoylic defect that lead of right to left shunt
Pulmonary edema is a result of a left ventricle failure or simply congestive heart failure which results in the heart not being able to remove fluid from lung circulation.