Heart failure

id: heart-failure-212-571353
title: Heart failure
text: 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. The severity of the heart failure is mainly decided based on ejection fraction and also measured by the severity of symptoms. Other conditions that have symptoms similar to heart f
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description: Failure of the heart to provide sufficient blood flow
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_failure
date created: 2003-06-20T05:01:46Z
date modified: 2024-09-12T02:55:16Z
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