Assessment of 76 patients with acute left heart failure who were treated at Viet Tiep Hospital, Hai Phong in 2004

ABSTRACT

The study included 76 patients (47 females, 29 males) aged 48.54  15.96, with acute left heart failure who were treated at Viet Tiep Hospital, Hai Phong in 2004. The mean rate of the disease increased by age (p<0.05). Hypertension was the main cause (86.84%), the blood pressure when admission was very high (188.86  31.58/107.98  16.79 mmHg) and 60.56% of patients untreated, especially 26.76% of patients with hypertension not be aware of their diseases. Acute pulmonary edema 63.16%, cardiac asthma 36.84%, conscious disorders30.26%, cough and blood expectoration 30.29%, shortness of breathes 35.00  1.41 c/m, rapid heart rhythm 111.11  24.0 c/m, 100% of patients had heart disorder, the most common was rapid sinus rhythm 78.26%, auricular fibrillation 13.04% and ventricular fibrillation 8.70%. The ultrasound showed that left cardiectasic and the function of blood circulation of heart decreased significantly