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ND Cardiologist: Heart Failure Can Be a Stealth Killer

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Friday, March 25, 2011   

FARGO, N.D. The congestive heart failure that claimed the life of screen legend Elizabeth Taylor this week is a complication of a condition that kills more than 284,000 Americans each year, according to the American Heart Association.

Heart failure happens when the heart can't pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs. Susan Farkas, a cardiologist at Sanford Medical Center, says many things can trigger the condition, including heart-muscle damage, clogged arteries, high blood pressure and, commonly, a leaky heart valve.

"Elizabeth Taylor had heart-valve disease herself. Preventing it and having accurate treatment for it, such as sometimes surgery, then heart failure can be prevented."

Heart failure is often under-diagnosed in women, Farkas says. Symptoms can be subtle at first. Contrary to what many think, it's not confined to the elderly.

"If you live longer, you have a higher chance of developing congestive heart failure for multiple different reasons, but (it's) not uncommon, unfortunately, to have heart failure in younger patients or even children."

The heart association recommends preventive measures including weight and cholesterol control, she says. The early symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, a rundown feeling and swelling of feet, ankles and legs.

Statistics on heart failure are online at cdc.gov.


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