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Heart Failure

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Cardiac decompensation; Cardiac failure; Cardiac insufficiency; Congestive heart failure; Heart failure; Myocardial insufficiency

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Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome resulting from structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood, characterized by typical symptoms (dyspnea, fatigue, and fluid retention) and/or signs (elevated jugular venous pressure, pulmonary rales, and peripheral edema).

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Classifications of HF

HF is classified in different ways according to its development, etiology, pathophysiology, and so on. According to the anatomical location, HF is classified as three types: left heart failure, right heart failure, and whole heart failure. Based on the course of disease, HF is divided into two types: acute heart failure and chronic heart failure and is classified systolic heart failure and diastolic heart failure according to its cardiac function.

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Liu, C., Dong, YG., Ou, ZJ., Ou, JS. (2020). Heart Failure. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_1057-1

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