condition in which the heart does not pump properly and causes an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, CHF (Medicine)
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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Weakness of the heart muscle that leads to a buildup of fluid in body tissues.
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