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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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Coping skills
... Often people with congestive heart failure complain that they wake up tired because lying flat makes it harder to breathe, and their sleep is interrupted because of excess fluid or medications that in...
Source: MayoClinic
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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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