Congestive Heart Failure

The cardiovascular system is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in. The cardiovascular system comes with many diseases, for example, congestive heart failure and congenital heart disease.
Congestive heart failure occurs when your heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should. Certain conditions, such as narrowed arteries in your heart (coronary artery disease) or high blood pressure, gradually leave your heart too weak or still to fill and pump efficiently can cause congestive heart failure.
Symptoms of congestive heart failure is shortness …show more content…
However, treatment may help you live longer and reduce your chance of dying suddenly. Doctors can correct heart failure by treating the underlying cause. For example, repairing a heart valve may reverse heart failure. Most people balance heart failure by medications. Some of the medications that doctors prescribe are, Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, Angiotensin 2 receptor blockers, Beta blockers, diuretics, Aldosterone antagonists, Inotropes, and Digoxin. Surgeries can also be a treatment. Types of surgeries that are used for congestive heart failure are, coronary bypass surgery and heart valve repair or replacement. Also, medical devices can be treatment for heart failure. For example, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), heart pump, and heart …show more content…
However, treatment can help and paying attention to your body. Keeping track of the medication, you take, being careful about supplement and keeping track of your blood pressure.
Another disease found in the cardiovascular system is congenital heart disease. Congenital heart disease is one or more abnormalities in your heart's structure that you're born with. Researches aren't sure what causes most congenital heart disease, which develops in the womb. However, heredity might play a role in some cases.
Some congenital heart defects cause no signs or symptoms or for some people the symptoms can occur later in life. The common symptoms in adults are abnormal heart rhythms, a bluish tint to the skin, lips and fingernails, shortness of breath, tiring quickly upon exertion, and swelling of body tissue or organs.
Treatment for congenital heart disease is to correct the congenital heart defect or dealing with the complications cause by the defect. Treatment may include, medications, implantable heart devices, special procedures using catheters, open-heart surgery, heart transplant, and watchful

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