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What is the difference between heart failure and congestive heart failure?
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Technical: They are frequently used interchangeably now, but there is a rare type of heart failure that is not congestive , but is high output caused by other things such as severe anemia.
Answered 2/10/2021
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None: These terms are used interchangeably.
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