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Low Hb causes High output heart failure? - dream250
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06-01-2017, 12:15 PM
How does low hemoglobin cause high output heart failure?
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06-01-2017, 01:12 PM
high output heart failure is caused by:
Anemia
AVF
Beri-beri

so the heart cannot differentiate between hypoxia and anemia and ischemia--hence it treats all these things the same way--by increase CO to help "maintain the body perfusion"

sorry not sure if i did a good job explaining it.
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06-03-2017, 05:50 PM
Thank you Jaz...
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