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Heart failure (HF) , often referred to as chronic heart failure (CHF), occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs. The terms congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF) are often used interchangeably with chronic heart failure. * Other names: ** Left-sided heart failure - Heart is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich ...
Please add those to this project ONLY if you find it as the Cause of death on the death certificate. ____ If you do not find the cardiac condition listed in the Cardiac (Heart) & Vascular Health Issues project, please let me know in the Cause of Death Projects needed??? (links to pg 1, then go to the current page.) discussion. ____ Chronic heart disease is a general term for a variety of hear...
This project is for people who died of dropsy/edema.== Dropsy: An old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water. Dropsy or oedema, as it is known in the United Kingdom, is commonly seen with inflammation of an artery or major organ such as the kidneys, liver, and heart. The Medical Dictionary defines Dropsy (Edema) as: “an abnormal accumulation of serous flui...
Please add profiles to the specific disease or cause of death if you can.== Heart disease is a word used to describe many different conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels. ==Types==1) There are many cardiovascular diseases involving the blood vessels. They are known as vascular diseases :* Coronary artery disease (also known as coronary heart disease and ischemic heart disease) also **...
Hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries, which are the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body. As the heart beats, it forces blood through the arteries to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the rest of the body. The strength of the blood pushing against the artery walls is blood pressure, which is measured in units called millimeters of mercury...