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2. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF typically presents with shortness of breath , excessive fatigue , and bilateral leg swelling . [ 3 ]

3. Pathophysiology of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The symptoms of heart failure are largely determined by which side of the heart fails. The left side pumps blood into the systemic circulation, whilst the right side pumps blood into the pulmonary circulation. Whilst left-sided heart failure will reduce cardiac output to the systemic circulation, the initial symptoms often manifest due to ...

4. Wikipedia:Osmosis/Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   This, just like before, makes it harder for the right side of the heart to pump against and can lead to right-sided hypertrophy and heart failure. When chronic lung disease leads to right-sided hypertrophy and failure, it’s known as cor pulmonale. With left-sided failure, blood gets backed up into the lungs.

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

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   What is heart failure? If ever there were a prize awarded for “most misleading name given to a medical condition,” heart failure would win hands down. “Heart failure (also called congestive ...

6. 9 Weird Symptoms Cardiologists Say You Should Never Ignore

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   A condition called peripheral artery disease (PAD), for example, occurs when the arteries that carry blood from the heart to the legs get clogged; it’s associated with an increased risk of heart ...

7. Myocardial infarction complications - Wikipedia

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   A myocardial infarction may compromise the function of the heart as a pump for the circulation, a state called heart failure. There are different types of heart failure; left- or right-sided (or bilateral) heart failure may occur depending on the affected part of the heart, and it is a low-output type of failure.