Talk:Heart failure

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Pointing the Bone

I understand that people that die psychosomatically - from voodo, the "pointing the bone" of the Australian aboriginies, and people that "turn their face to the wall" in hospitals - the immediate cause of death is congestiove heart failure.

Is this true? Is it worth mentioning?

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Supplements

Certain alternative medicines carry a risk of exacerbating existing heart failure, and are not recommended.^[1] This includes aconite, ginseng, gossypol, gynura, licorice, Lily of the valley, tetrandrine, and yohimbine.^[1] Aconite can cause abnormally slow heart rates and abnormal heart rhythms such as ventricular tachycardia.^[1] Ginseng can cause abnormally low or high blood pressure, and may interfere with the effects of diuretic medications.^[1] Gossypol can increase the effects of diuretics, leading to toxicity.^[1] Gynura can cause low blood pressure.^[1] Licorice can worsen heart failure by increasing blood pressure and promoting fluid retention.^[1] Lily of the valley can cause abnormally slow heart rates with mechanisms similar to those of digoxin.^[1] Tetrandrine can lead to low blood pressure through inhibition of L-type calcium channels.^[1] Yohimbine can exacerbate heart failure by increasing blood pressure through alpha-2 adrenergic receptor antagonism.^[1]

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This section doesn't make much sense. If the evidence is worth mentioning, why call it low quality? TheIsle (talk) 19:21, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ejection fraction

This article has 31 occurrences of the phrase "ejection fraction", but no obvious definition. Since the phrase is so important to the article, such a definition should be added. It might be useful to have two definitions: one in the lead that is brief and non-technical, and a more detailed definition in its own section. In addition, the first occurrence should be replaced by the wikilink Ejection fraction. I'm not in medicine, so I would rather another WP editor take on this task. David Spector (talk) 15:07, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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