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Congestive heart failure


 

Congestive heart failure (CHF) (also called congestive cardiac failure and heart failure) is the inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, or requiring elevated filling pressures in order to pump effectively.

References

1. ACC / AHA guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult (PDF Copy)

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2. Bristow MR, Saxon LA, Boehmer J, et al for the Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure (COMPANION) Investigators. Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 2004; 350:2140-2150.

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