habercindy Congestive Heart Failure Therapy

Congestive Heart Failure Therapy

  • Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the buildup of blood in the lungs because of inadequate
    pumping action of the heart.
  • CHF has many causes, and CHF therapy focuses on eliminating the cause, reducing
    symptoms, and preventing a further progressive decrease in the heart’s pumping
    function.
  •  Heart failure therapy requires lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, quitting smoking,
    limiting alcohol consumption, and reducing salt and fluid in the diet.
  •  Depending on the cause of heart failure, the treatment may be surgical or medical. Both
    strategies aim to relieve symptoms and to increase the heart’s ability to pump.
  •  Medications that treat CHF rid the body of excess fluid, reduce the blood vessels’
    resistance to ejection of blood, and combat the production of hormones that increase the
    heart’s workload.
habercindy Embolization

Embolization

  • Embolization is a technique used to block blood flow in a controlled fashion.
  • The technique uses a variety of materials to stop bleeding or starve tumors of their
    nutrient supply. The procedure deploys an embolic device into the vessel, commonly a
    small metal coil, latex balloon, or a liquid or solid chemical agent.
  • In some cases, embolization can be used as an alternative treatment when open surgery
    is undesirable or not recommended.
  •  Embolization is indicated in a variety of situations, including:
    o Cerebral aneurysm
    o Trauma
    o Bleeding in the liver
    o Upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage
    o Postpartum hemorrhage (bleeding after childbirth)
    o Vascular malformations
    o Uterine fibroids
    o Liver cancer
    o Varicoceles, distended veins in the scrotum
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