Signs and Symptoms of Heart Disease

Signs and Symptoms of Heart Disease

1. Fatigue

   • heart unable to meet demands of cells and organs
     • particularly on excercising

2. shortness of breath

   • dyspnoea
     • heart unable to circulate blood quickly enough
       • not enough time for gaseous exchange in lungs

3. Palpatiaons

   • heart arrythmias

4. bounding, collapsing pulse

   • heart rate increases without corresponding increase in cardiac output

5. chest pain

   • ischaemic heart muscle

6. peripheral oedema

   • inadequate venous return