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Signs & symptoms of heart failure |
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Signs & symptoms of heart failure
Symptoms can be vague and non-specific.
Even if there seems to be a clear explanation of symptoms, heart failure may still be a co-morbid diagnosis.
So, if no improvement in symptoms after intervention and the listed symptoms are present then consider doing a NT-proBNP.
Symptoms
- Breathlessness – including a change in exercise intolerance;
- Unexplained Cough;
- Lower leg oedema;
- Fatigue;
- Orthopnoea;
- Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea;and
- Non-specific frailty (e.g. difficulty with activities of daily living).
Contents:
- Detection
- Diagnosis
- Acute Heart Failure: Diagnosis and management
- Chronic heart failure: Management and treatment
- Discharge and follow-up
- Palliative and psychological care
- Digital support
In this section
- Diagnosis - Home
- Signs and symptoms of heart failure
- Investigations for diagnosis
- Past medical history and causes of heart failure
- Natriuretic peptides results - what to do next?
- Heart failure unlikely. What else could it be?
- Assessing severity, aetiology and precipitating factors
- Resources for diagnosis
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(c) British Society for Heart Failure, 2022-
