Pulmonary heart (Cor pulmonale): Symptoms & more

Brief overview Symptoms: Limited exercise tolerance and increasing shortness of breath, water retention (edema), bluish discoloration of mucous membranes (cyanosis) Course of disease and prognosis: Dependent on early and consistent treatment; without therapy, progressive changes in heart and lungs, progressive shortness of breath and shortened life expectancy Causes and risk factors: underlying diseases of the … Pulmonary heart (Cor pulmonale): Symptoms & more