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Heart Failure
Heart failure means the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs because the heart contracts poorly, fills inadequately, or both.
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Heart failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body's needs because it contracts poorly, fills inadequately, or both. The word failure does not mean that the heart has stopped beating .1
The condition may develop suddenly or gradually and can affect one or both sides of the heart. Fatigue, breathlessness, and fluid accumulation are common features .1
Heart failure commonly results from another condition that damages or burdens the heart, such as coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, or cardiomyopathy. It therefore describes a resulting syndrome rather than one specific underlying disease .1
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Heart Failure: What Is Heart Failure?. 2022. About this source Original source
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