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Cor Pulmonale
cor pulmonale Information
Can someone explain "cor pulmonale" to me in plain English?
My mom passed away when she was 47, very suddenly. In October she will have been gone for ten years. I was 22 when she died.She was overweight, but like a size 16 so not morbidly obese. She'd smoked for a long time but had quit ten years before she died.She'd exhibited a few symptoms in the months before she passed, which in hindsight fit her undiagnosed condition chest pains, edema, shortness of breath. Her primary physician referred her to I believe a cardiologist to check this stuff out, but she passed a stress test cleanly. My mom, not being a person who liked to ruffle feathers, let them tell her she was OK, and a few months later she died in her sleep.Her autopsy revealed she had died of a condition called cor pulmonale. It listed a minor case of undiagnosed emphysema and her weight as contributing factors.
What ventricle will be affected by cor pulmonale?
What is the difference between cor pulmonale and right-sided heart failure?
i'm taking my human anatomy class and we were asked to research on the difference between the two. but all i can find is that both are the same..please help
What is cor pulmonale and how is it diagnosed?
My father is in the hospital right now and the doctors are keeping him over night. The doctor was very busy in the ER but what i got from what he said to my father was he is going to do testing for cor pulmonale. They are keeping him for at least one night and probably more. I want to know about cor pulmonale, how sever of a problem it is, and what tests they will do to diagnose it. I will hopefully be able to talk to a doctor tomorrow, but want to know about it now..... Thanks for any one with any information.
Cor Pulmonale or Dilated Cardiomyopathy?
Well a patient with chronic bronchitis complains of worsened dyspnea at exertion and it worsens at rest.There are alot of details but from what I've researched the patient could have cor pulmonale as there is right ventricular hypertrophy. But as i further researched I found that most of the clinical manifestations also matched dilated cardiomyopathy.Other significant cues include Jugular Vein distention slight hypotension elevated Leukocytes monocytes and lymphocytes increased reticulocytes I am thinking the patient is anemic tachypnea butterfly bat's wing pattern in chest xray orthopnicThese two complications have such similar manifestations I've gotten confused. I am leaning towards cor pulmonale as there is a history of COPD but dilated cardiomyopathy is usually idiopathic.Please help.Yes, that is why im thinkin its cor pulmonale because the patient has a long history of chronic bronchitis. The reason why I thought it could be dilated cardiomyopathy is due to the majority of features involved with it. And funnily enough both these conditions result in pulmonary edema and pitting peripheral edema that is why im confused. Other information includes rapid pulse rate & ascites
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