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I need to recognise between "cardiac insufficiency " and "heart failure "is it correct if been considered them one thing ?

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Heart failure: You can consider them the same thing. Coronary insufficiency is however not the same thing, it relates to insufficient blood flow in the coronaries.

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Answered 4/1/2013

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Perhaps yes...: "cardiac insufficiency" may be a temporary phenomenon and "heat failure" is a definitive diagnosis...

Answered 7/17/2013

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