THE DEFINITION OF HEART-FAILURE
THE DEFINITION OF HEART-FAILURE
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a061500
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
39.3
通讯作者:
REALE, A
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作者:
DENOLIN, H;KUHN, H;REALE, A
Although everybody feels they know what heart failure means, there is no generally accepted definition. The following opinions and definitions describe the conflicting situation:'It should be obvious that the diagnosis of cardiac failure, like that of many other diseases, depends upon its definition, which varies with different authorities'! 1].'Since no single measurement discriminates between the normal and failing heart, no definition of heart failure is universally accepted! 2!.'We have yet to wait for a reliable and reproducible test that will tell us if a heart is good or bad'! 3).'To date virtually all studies of congestive heart failure have been hampered by the lack of consistent diagnostic criteria and comprehensive follow-up evaluation'M.'For the present, heart failure may be defined as the pathologic condition in which an abnormality of cardiac muscle function is responsible for the inability of the heart to pump blood at a level adequate to meet metabolic tissue demands! 5).'Heart failure is the pathophysiologic state in which an abnormality 01 cardiac function is responsible forfhe failure of the heart to pump blood at a rale rpTrnmsiiratf W'7K th<* p* q"'f*-ments of the metabpiiyinft t)'ssnes3? l.'Heart failure is the abnormal condition in which disturbed cardiac performance is primarily responsible for the inability of the heart to pump blood at a rate commensurate with systemic metabolic requirements' t7).'In practice, heart failure is best described in terms of its two primary sets of clinical manifestations, pulmonary congestion and peripheral hypoperfusionW.'Cardiac failure (Herzinsuffizienz) means insufficient cardiac output; ie at rest or at exercise abnormal myocardial function (eg abnormal increase of ventricular filling pressure and/or of end-diastolic ventricular volume) may be present in spite of normal cardiac output (ie without cardiac failure)! 9!.