Korean Circ J.  1980 Dec;10(1):29-35. 10.4070/kcj.1980.10.1.29.

A Clinical Study on Congestive Heart Failure

• Lee SJ
• Yu SH
• Lee SY
• Ryoo UH

• KMID: 1668322
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1980.10.1.29

Abstract

The clinical observation was made on 174 patients with congestive heart failure among the admitted patients in Chung Ang university hospital between 1971 and July, 1978. The results were summarized as follows: 1. There were 89 females and 85 males and the incidence was the highest in the 6th decade. 2. The common causes of congestive heart failure were hypertensive heart disease 44.8%, valvular heart disease 21.3% and ischemic heart disease 9.2%. 3. The precipitating factors of congesive heart failure were found in 73.6% of cases and the major factors were arrhythmia 25.3% and infection 15.5%. 4. The important symptoms and signs were dyspnea 86.8%, hepatomegaly 53.4%, pulmonary rales 49.4%, cardiac murmur 46%, tachycardia 35.1% cough 35.1% and orthopnea 34.5%. 5. The ECG findings were abnormal in 92.1% of cases and the frequent abnormal findings were inverted or flat T wave 47.3%, atrial fibrillation 40.6% and left ventricular hypertrophy 33.3%. 6. The chest PA on admission revealed abnormalities in 159 cases, including cardiomegaly 74.6%, pulmonary congestion 66.9% and pleural effusion 26.6%. 7. The major abnormalities of laboratory data were proteinuria and the increase of globuline, BUN, TTT, alkaline phosphatase and SGOT.

MeSH Terms

Alkaline Phosphatase
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Aspartate Aminotransferases
Atrial Fibrillation
Cardiomegaly
Cough
Dyspnea
Electrocardiography
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)*
Female
Heart Diseases
Heart Failure*
Heart Murmurs
Heart Valve Diseases
Hepatomegaly
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Incidence
Male
Myocardial Ischemia
Pleural Effusion
Precipitating Factors
Proteinuria
Respiratory Sounds
Tachycardia
Thorax
Alkaline Phosphatase
Aspartate Aminotransferases
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)