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2. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Common causes of heart failure include coronary artery disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, excessive alcohol consumption, infection, and cardiomyopathy. [4] [6] These cause heart failure by altering the structure or the function of the heart or in some cases both. [6]

3. Acute decompensated heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a sudden worsening of the signs and symptoms of heart failure, which typically includes difficulty breathing , leg or feet swelling, and fatigue. [1] ADHF is a common and potentially serious cause of acute respiratory distress .

4. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Heart failure causes the heart to overcompensate — it grows larger, develops more muscle, and may pump faster to supply blood to the body adequately. These measures may help temporarily, but ...

5. Pathophysiology of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The main pathophysiology of heart failure is a reduction in the efficiency of the heart muscle, through damage or overloading. As such, it can be caused by a wide number of conditions, including myocardial infarction (in which the heart muscle is starved of oxygen and dies), hypertension (which increases the force of contraction needed to pump blood) and cardiac amyloidosis (in which misfolded ...

6. What Is Acute Heart Failure? Here’s What You Need to Know - AOL

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   “Heart failure (also called congestive heart failure) is a terrible name which suggests the heart has stopped working completely,” says Anthony Steimle, MD, a cardiologist and assistant ...

7. What Causes Heart Disease? 9 Things Doctors Need You to ... - AOL

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   “Nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of cardiovascular disease, and it remains the leading cause of death,” she says. What Causes Heart Disease? 9 Things Doctors Need You to Know ...