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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Reduced Cardiac OutputAvoid HypervolemiaAvoid HypotensionAvoid TachycardiaArrhythmiasEdema

Pathophysiology

Heart failure is a syndrome in which the heart cannot pump enough to meet the body's demands, from impaired ventricular filling (diastolic) or ejection (systolic). Chronic low output drives...

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