Heart Failure

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Across
  1. 1. This measurement is often elevated in congestive heart failure and indicates strain on the heart
  2. 3. A common medication prescribed for congestive heart failure, also known as a "water pill", that helps reduce preload
  3. 6. The largest consumer of energy in the body
  4. 8. A new class of medications that can when combined with ARB's can improve HF outcomes.
  5. 9. The most common cause of decreased contractility (the abbreviation)
  6. 10. Cardiac _____ depends on the heart rate and stroke volume
  7. 12. A major symptom of congestive heart failure.
  8. 14. Heart's inefficient contraction
Down
  1. 2. type of mechanism of CHF that includes abnormalities in the SNS, RAAs, and arginine vasopressin.
  2. 4. A common imaging test used to diagnose and monitor congestive heart failure.
  3. 5. The medical term for shortness of breath, often experienced in congestive heart failure.
  4. 7. what side of heart failure is most commonly caused by a diffuse hypoxic pulmonary disease
  5. 11. Advanced treatment for severe heart failure that can be lifesaving (the abbreviation)
  6. 13. A common drug class prescribed to alleviate symptoms