Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

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This paper explains that the multi-faceted causes and symptoms associated with CHF often leave the health care provider treating the symptoms rather than underlying causes. The author points out that the traditional treatment for CHF has been associated with symptom relief as needed to reduce the load on the cardiac muscle, improve the ability of the heart to pump. and to remove the excess fluid within the body. The paper details the four surgical options: Traditional bypass surgery with or without combination surgical treatments, implantation of ventricular assist devices, ventricular reduction surgery of two main types. and heart transplantation.

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"All of the above surgical procedures are needed alternatives or bridges to a natural heart transplant. Though a heart transplant may be the best option in many cases the availability of donor organs is very limited and in acute CHF (especially post MI) the wait time for a natural heart donation can be fatal for the patient. Many of the procedures are thought of as potential replacement for the need for natural heart transplantation, with its well detailed drawbacks, such as rejection, continued immune suppression, infection and simply a wait that outlast the living patient."

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