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Abstract
A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
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- Cardiac Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Heart Decompensation
- Heart Failure, Congestive
- Heart Failure, Left-Sided
- Heart Failure, Right-Sided
- Left-Sided Heart Failure
- Myocardial Failure
- Right-Sided Heart Failure
- Decompensation, Heart
- Heart Failure, Left Sided
- Heart Failure, Right Sided
- Left Sided Heart Failure
- Right Sided Heart Failure
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
"scompenso di cuore" is "heart decompensation" in Italian; do not confuse with CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE
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History Note
2008 (1966)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heart Failure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006333. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006333
- Heart Failure. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_failure
- Heart Failure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181754