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Is muscle ache a symptom of heart failure?

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Dr. Alvaro Aranda answered

Specializes in Pulmonology

No: Heart failure usually presents as fatigue , shortness of breath upon exertion, leg swelling, fatigue upon laying down, weakness but unusual as a muscle ache.

Answered 4/12/2013

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