subject: SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF HEART DISEASE [print this page] SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF HEART DISEASE SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF HEART DISEASE
FatigueFatigue is a non-specific and often neglected symptom. Itis, however, a very real feature of heart disease, a result ofthe reduced effort tolerance and lactic acidosis producedby anaerobic muscle metabolism and changes in the skeletal muscle. It is a prominent symptom in low cardiac outputstates, e.g. severe left ventricular failure.
