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What is congestive heart failure? how is it contracted, what is the treatment, how does it affect life expetancy ?
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Failure of the heart: Failure of the heart muscles to pump blood effectively from the chambers to the body/lungs leading to back up of blood . Caused by heart attacks, (coronary artery disease) long standing hypertension/diabetes, chemotherapy, congenital heart defects, intractable rhythm problems. Life expectancy depends on underlying cause.
Answered 1/27/2017
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