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Congestive Heart Failure

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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the combination of signs and symptoms of abnormal cardiac function resulting in the heart being unable to pump an adequate amount of blood to oxygenate body tissues. In practice, the working definition of heart failure is that of the heart being unable to pump effectively, either because of structural, biochemical, or mechanical abnormalities or because of excessive demands placed on it, such as severe hypertension.1 It then results in loss of work capacity. This definition eliminates other causes of inadequate oxygenation, such as volume loss or fluid overload, and cases of increased oxygen demand, such as Paget’s disease of bone, severe anemia, beriberi, arteriovenous fistula, or thyrotoxicosis.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland, 97201, OR, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Epplin, J.J. (1994). Congestive Heart Failure. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4005-9_81

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