Xu Chao, director of the cardiac intensive care unit, is discussing Mr. Ye's condition with the team.
Mr. Ye ultrafiltered nearly 8,000ml of water from his body, courtesy of the correspondent.
Jingchu Network (Hubei ** Network) News (Correspondent Zhou Qishu Chen Zhang) Severe edema of both lower limbs, difficulty breathing, and heart rate of 210 beats. In critical condition, after a week of precision in the cardiac intensive care unit, Mr. Ye recovered and was discharged from the hospital on December 18.
On December 13, 29-year-old Mr. Ye came to the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan City for severe edema of both lower limbs, chest tightness, palpitation, and panting when sitting.
The heart rate reached about 210 beats per minute, accompanied by persistent dyspnea and inability to lie flat. According to Mr. Ye's condition, Xu Chao, director of the cardiac intensive care unit, decided to perform heart failure ultrafiltration** for him. This kind of ** can smoothly and controllably remove excess water from his body. Xu Chao explained.
With the application of ultrafiltration, nearly 8000ml of water in Mr. Ye's body was ultrafiltered, and he was able to lie flat the next day, his heart rate and breathing gradually returned to normal, and the leg circumference of his lower limbs with severe edema dropped from 53cm to 39cm at the time of consultation, and his heart function gradually recovered. When Mr. Ye** was discharged from the hospital on December 18, he said gratefully to the medical team: "I am really grateful for the unremitting efforts and care of the medical staff. Not only did they save my life, but they also gave me hope to regain my health. ”
Xu Chao, director of the cardiac intensive care unit, introduced that heart failure ultrafiltration is a non-drug method. Based on biological principles, fluid retention is corrected by mechanical dehydration by blood ultrafiltration. This method is similar to the principle of glomerular filtration, in which the pressure gradient established on both sides of the semi-permeable membrane of the filter is passed, and the convection mechanism is used to filter out water and electrolytes to form an ultrafiltrate, while retaining plasma proteins and blood cells in the blood. This method does not require dialysate and replacement fluid, and has little impact on blood pressure and electrolytes, especially for patients with acute left heart failure with severe sodium and water retention like Mr. Ye.
It is understood that the Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital has a chest pain center, a heart center, a heart failure center, a hypertension compliance center, an atrial fibrillation center, and a national standardized cardiovascular and metabolic disease center. The department creates a one-stop service experience around cardiac and blood vascular-related diseases as well as psychosomatic diseases.