Kinds of heart Failure

Heart failure can be divided into 2 types; Acute heart failure and Chronic (Congestive) heart failure. Heart failure can be left-sided, right-sided or both.

Left sided heart failure: There is increase in pulmonary venous pressure, increase in left ventricular end diastolic pressure and mean left atrial pressure. This affects lungs resulting in interstitial edema in lungs, in severe case pulmonary edema and death.

Right sided heart failure: This type of failure causes increase in right ventricular end diastolic pressure, mean right atrial pressure and jugular venous pressure. Right sided heart failure affects liver resulting hepatomegaly, increase in pleural, pericardial and peritoneal fluid (ascites).