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Could you explain what is congestive heart failure?
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Weak heart: Damaged heart from any cause and ef lower than 45%.
Answered 12/28/2013
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CHF: is exactly what is says it is. You usually have congestion in the chest caused by blood/fluid backing up in your lung. And that is because the patient has a failing heart - either because it has a very weak muscle like in systolic heart failure when the ejection fraction is less than 45% or a very stiff ventricle like in diastolic heart failure when the ventricle cant relax enough
Answered 7/5/2014
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