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Heart Failure - Coggle Diagram
Heart Failure
Risk Factors
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Age
Older adults are higher risk -- collagen within the myocardium increases, the myocardium stiffens, and myocardial relaxation is prolonged
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Pathophysiology/Causes
Changes to cardiac tissue due to cardiac or systemic stresses such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, or age-related tissue changes
Decreased cardiac output
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Lack of peripheral tissue perfusion, especially renal, leads to further complications such as CKD.