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Will death by heart failure feel the same as death by heart attack?
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Not necessarily: Heart attack primarily pain or sudden death, heart failure primarily trouble breathing from fluid congestion.
Answered 1/20/2014
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No: Heart failure with shortness of breath, edema, weight gain, fatigue, cyanosis of lips. Heart pain with heart attack and may have heart failure in addition.
Answered 1/11/2015
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