left heart failure
Last reviewed 09/2021
This type of heart failure is dominated by pulmonary oedema.
The commonest causes of left ventricular failure are:
- myocardial ischaemia
- hypertension
- aortic stenosis or aortic incompetence
- mitral incompetence
clinical features of left ventricular failure
diagnosis of heart failure (left ventricular dysfunction) in primary care