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Heart Failure

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities ( VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Cardiac Decomposition

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.1082, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1082
Scope and Contents

Case summary, chart, correspondence and form relating to male patient from east Edinburgh aged 79 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: post-inflammation fibrosis; chronic bronchitis; and congestive cardiac failure. No treatment given.

Dates: 1958

PR4.1099, 1958-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1099
Scope and Contents Case summary, form, chart, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male joiner from south west Edinburgh aged 63 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cough with sputum; and heart failure. No family history of...
Dates: 1958-1962

PR4.1109, 1958-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1109
Scope and Contents Case summaries, charts, note, correspondence, reports and health visitor report relating to male caretaker from east Edinburgh aged 46 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary...
Dates: 1958-1960

PR4.1145, 1958-1967

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1145
Scope and Contents Case summary, correspondence, chart, tracer card, health visitor report and reports relating to male seaman from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 69 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include:...
Dates: 1958-1967

PR4.1268, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1268
Scope and Contents Case summary, chart, correspondence and form relating to female housewife from east Edinburgh aged 79 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: bronchogenic carcinoma; dyspnoea; and cardiac failure. No family history of...
Dates: 1958

PR4.1485, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1485
Scope and Contents Case summary, chart, form and correspondence relating to male unemployed labourer from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 59 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: nocturnal dyspnoea; cough; and congestive heart...
Dates: 1958

PR4.1504, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1504
Scope and Contents

Case summaries and correspondence relating to female patient from north Edinburgh and Leith at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: mitral stenosis and cardiac failure. No treatment given.

Dates: 1958

PR4.1559, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1559
Scope and Contents Case summaries, x-rays, charts, reports, health visitor reports and correspondence relating to male cashier from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 56 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: congestive cardiac...
Dates: 1958

PR4.1655, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1655
Scope and Contents Case summaries, charts, reports, contact sheets, health visitor reports and correspondence relating to male housewife from south Edinburgh aged 48 at examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: heart failure, breathless and bronchitis....
Dates: 1958-1959

PR4.1808, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1808
Scope and Contents Case summaries, charts, reports, health visitor reports and correspondence relating to male patient from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 75 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary tuberculosis, cardiac failure and stenosis. No family history of tuberculosis. Nonsurgical treatment given....
Dates: 1958-1959