Congestive Heart Failure

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Objectives



Review cardiac physiology and pathophysiology of CHF
Early recognition of CHF
Management of CHF
Use of CPAP

Terminology

Heart Failure: The inability of the heart to maintain an output adequate to maintain the metabolic demands of the body.
Pulmonary Edema: An abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
CHF with Acute Pulmonary Edema: Pulmonary Edema due to Heart Failure (Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema)

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Stem Cell Therapy: Clinical Results

Stem cell therapy

stem cells 

=are primitive cells

=can renew themselves

=can develop into different cell types

=have the potential to become more differentiated cells

Embryonic stem cells

=derived from the early embryo

=are totipotent (can differentiate into all cell types of all organs)

=used to create gene knockout (KO) animal models for CVD study

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