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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:

PR2.11627, 1952-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11627
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, charts, reports and autopsy report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: tinnitus; diplopia; unsteadiness; mental deterioration; Meniere's syndrome; cerebral atrophy; heart failure; and polyserositis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.11654, 1952-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11654
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Note relating to male patient. Conditions mentioned include: cortical atrophy; and heart failure.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.14027, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14027
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cord injury; oedema of legs; mild congestive cardiac failure; deafness; weakness of upper limbs; and compression of cervical spinal cord. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14521, 1954-1977

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14521
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuralgia; facial pain; disseminated sclerosis; diplopia; facial paralysis; head injury; nystagmus; ventricular failure; shortness of breath; and ankle swelling. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1977

PR2.14944, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14944
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Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hand injury; weakness; pain; paraesthesia; motor neurone disease; hypertension; renal failure; cardiac failure; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15072, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15072
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, charts, report, photograph and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of breast; diffuse metastases; dyspneoa; and cardiac failure. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15169, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15169
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; brachialgia; venous haemorrhage; and cardiac failure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15251, 1955-1975

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15251
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and tracer card relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural haematoma; headache; vision disorder; infection; drowsiness; cardiac failure; drug reaction; anthracosis; and tuberculosis lesion. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955-1975

PR2.15794, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15794
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma; cardiac failure; and metastatic deposits. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955

PR2.17287, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17287
Scope and Contents

Correpspondence, notes, autopsy report and black-and-white photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cyanosis; schizophrenia; and cardiac failure.

Dates: 1956-1957