congestive heart failure
condition in which the heart does not pump properly and causes an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, CHF (Medicine) | ||||
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Congestive heart failure Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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congestive heart failure
Noun
1. inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues
(hypernym) heart failure, coronary failure
Noun
1. inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues
(hypernym) heart failure, coronary failure
Congestive heart failure Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
congestive heart failure
Weakness of the heart muscle that leads to a buildup of fluid in body tissues.
Weakness of the heart muscle that leads to a buildup of fluid in body tissues.
| NDIC Diabetes Dictionary |
congestive heart failure
loss of the heart's pumping power, which causes fluids to collect in the body, especially in the feet and lungs.
loss of the heart's pumping power, which causes fluids to collect in the body, especially in the feet and lungs.
| EUFIC Nutrition Glossary |
Congestive heart failure
See cardiovascular disease.
See cardiovascular disease.
| Heart Failure Glossary |
Congestive heart failure
A heart disease condition that involves loss of pumping ability by the heart, generally accompanied by fluid accumulation in body tissues, especially the lungs.
A heart disease condition that involves loss of pumping ability by the heart, generally accompanied by fluid accumulation in body tissues, especially the lungs.
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Congestive heart failure (CHF)
Also called heart failure. A serious condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to supply the body's needs. CHF occurs when excess fluid starts to leak into the lungs, causing breathing difficulty, fatigue and weakness, and sleeping problems. High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for CHF.
Also called heart failure. A serious condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to supply the body's needs. CHF occurs when excess fluid starts to leak into the lungs, causing breathing difficulty, fatigue and weakness, and sleeping problems. High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for CHF.
Congestive heart failure Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Heart failure
Congestive heart failure (CHF), also called congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood through the body. It is not to be confused with "cessation of heartbeat", which is known as asystole, or with cardiac arrest, which is the cessation of normal cardiac function with subsequent hemodynamic collapse leading to death. Because not all patients have volume overload at the time of initial or subsequent evaluation, the term "heart failure" is preferred over the older term "congestive heart failure".
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