Heart Failure

2. Sign of heart failure seen on the neck.
6. Complication of heart failure due to slow blood flow.
7. Symptom caused by fluid overload making it hard to breathe while laying flat.
8. Diagnostic test for heart failure that also measures ejection fraction.
10. ANP is a peptide associated with the ________ myocardium.
11. Type of heart failure caused by impaired filling of the heart, but with preserved ejection fraction.
12. 1st line of defense medication class that slows heart rate and dilates blood vessels to help reduce the amount of work the heart has to do.

1. Patients should be educated on monitoring their ______ at home to watch out for worsening fluid retention.
3. Because of decreased cardiac output, ___________ vasoconstriction occurs to maintain perfusion pressure.
4. Heart failure is described as weakened and damaged heart muscle resulting in _________ contractility.
5. The ________ nervous system controls heart rate.
6. Common class of medications used to treat edema associated with heart failure by removing excess sodium and fluids.
9. _______ hypoperfusion associated with HF increases release of ADH, causing sodium and water retention.
12. is a peptide released in response to stretching of ventricular tissue.
13. Most common type of heart failure resulting in reduced ejection fraction.