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Congestive Heart Failure |
Heart Failure; Heart Failure, Congestive |
Congestive heart failure (CHF), also called congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body. It is not to be confused with "cessation of heartbeat", which is known as asystole, or with cardiac arrest, which is the cessation of normal cardiac function in the face of heart disease. Because not all ...
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Congestive Heart Failure Articles
- Heart Failure
... Heart failure is a condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood throughout the body. Heart failure does not mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop working. It means that your heart... - NHLBI Study Finds Implanted Defibrillator Reduces Heart Failure Deaths
... An implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) significantly reduces deaths in heart failure patients, according to a new study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), one of t... - Specialized Care from Hospital to Home Improves the Health of Elderly with Heart Failure, Cuts Costs to the Health Care System
... A new study shows that when elderly heart-failure patients receive specialized nursing care throughout their hospital stay and at home following hospital discharge, the patients have a better quality ...
Resources
- ACE Inhibitor Drugs Underused in Heart Failure Patients (American Heart Association)
- Alternative or Herbal Therapy Interactions (Heart Failure Society of America)
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