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Chronic heart failure: NYHA classification
Chronic heart failure: NYHA classification
The New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification is widely used to classify the severity of heart failure:NYHA Class I
- no symptoms
- no limitation: ordinary physical exercise does not cause undue fatigue, dyspnoea or palpitations
NYHA Class II
- mild symptoms
- slight limitation of physical activity: comfortable at rest but ordinary activity results in fatigue, palpitations or dyspnoea
NYHA Class III
- moderate symptoms
- marked limitation of physical activity: comfortable at rest but less than ordinary activity results in symptoms
NYHA Class IV
- severe symptoms
- unable to carry out any physical activity without discomfort: symptoms of heart failure are present even at rest with increased discomfort with any physical activity
+PassMedicine Notes
The New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification is widely used to classify the severity of heart failure:
NYHA Class I- no symptoms
- no limitation: ordinary physical exercise does not cause undue fatigue, dyspnoea or palpitations
- mild symptoms
- slight limitation of physical activity: comfortable at rest but ordinary activity results in fatigue, palpitations or dyspnoea
- moderate symptoms
- marked limitation of physical activity: comfortable at rest but less than ordinary activity results in symptoms
- severe symptoms
- unable to carry out any physical activity without discomfort: symptoms of heart failure are present even at rest with increased discomfort with any physical activity
