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What is Congestive Heart Failure? – Video
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- Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart can not fill or eject properly.
- Because cardiac output is insufficient, organs don’t get enough blood, and blood backs up into the tissues, causing edema.
- The left side is most commonly affected.
- Heart failure reduces ejection fraction.
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