Symptoms of left-sided heart failure include dyspnea, facial flushing, and increased urine output.
+Symptoms of right-sided heart failure include dyspnea on exertion and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
+The earliest finding of CHF on chest radiograph is cardiomegaly.
+Left atrial myxoma is the most common tumor to cause heart failure.
+5-year survival for patients with good management of their chronic CHF is approximately 75%.
Left-sided heart failure can present with symptoms related to impaired systemic perfusion (altered mental status or decreased urine output) or elevated pulmonary venous pressure (dyspnea, orthopnea, PND). Right-sided heart failure may cause edema of the gastro-intestinal tract resulting in nausea and vomiting. The earliest radiographic findings of CHF are cephalization and Kerley B lines. Hepatic edema may cause right upper quadrant pain. The 5-year survival in chronic CHF is 50%, with many deaths attributable to arrhythmias.