Q. Etiologic factor of Congestive Cardiac Failure?
Congestive heart failure develops over a period of time when the necrotic tissues are not replaced by functional connective cells thereby affecting the contraction and relaxation capacity of the heart. Weakness of the heart muscles can be due to varied reasons some of which are discussed below.
The causes of this disorder can be numerous. The risk factors which are known are:
• Chronic hypertension
• Left ventricular hypertrophy
• Coronary heart disease (recurrent episodes of IHD particularly myocardial infarction)
• Diabetes
• Advancing age
• Viral damage
• Alcohol abuse