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2. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF typically presents with shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, and bilateral leg swelling. [3]

3. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction - Wikipedia

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   Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a form of heart failure in which the ejection fraction – the percentage of the volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each heartbeat divided by the volume of blood when the left ventricle is maximally filled – is normal, defined as greater than 50%; [1] this may be measured by echocardiography or cardiac catheterization.

4. What Is Acute Heart Failure? Here’s What You Need to Know - AOL

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   What is heart failure? If ever there were a prize awarded for “most misleading name given to a medical condition,” heart failure would win hands down. “Heart failure (also called congestive ...

5. Pathophysiology of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The main pathophysiology of heart failure is a reduction in the efficiency of the heart muscle, through damage or overloading. As such, it can be caused by a wide number of conditions, including myocardial infarction (in which the heart muscle is starved of oxygen and dies), hypertension (which increases the force of contraction needed to pump blood) and cardiac amyloidosis (in which misfolded ...

6. What to Know About Heart Failure When You Have Diabetes - AOL

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   The term “heart failure” refers to problems with the heart muscle’s ability to pump blood. These problems can deprive other parts of the body of sufficient oxygen and blood.

7. Semaglutide may improve heart failure symptoms, reduce need ...

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   New research reports that semaglutide reduces the need and dose of loop diuretics in people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The findings show semaglutide also improved ...