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Heart failure means that your heart can't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to meet your body's needs. Heart failure doesn't mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop beating. But without enough blood flow, your organs may not work well, which can cause serious problems.
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Breathlessness, swelling of legs, tiredness, waking breathless at night.
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The heart cannot pump well, after heart attacks, high blood pressure, valve or rheumatic disease.
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EMERGENCY, go now: severe breathlessness at rest, pink frothy cough, chest pain.
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Echocardiogram, NT-proBNP.
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Medicines, salt and fluid advice, devices in some cases. No dosing information is given here.
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Control blood pressure, treat sore throats in children to prevent rheumatic fever.
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2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA HF guideline, ESC 2021
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