Nursing Care Plan Heart Failure Chronic

HEART FAILURE: CHRONIC

I. Pathophysiology
a. Remodeling of the myocardium (as a structural response to
injury) changes the heart from an efficient football shape
to an inefficient basketball shape, making coordinated
contractility difficult.
i. Ventricular dilation (systolic dysfunction) results in poor
contractility and inadequate emptying of chamber.
ii. Ventricular stiffening (diastolic

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