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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Failure

Preferred term

Heart Failure  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cardiac Failure

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2008 (1966)

In other languages

  • sydämen vajaatoiminta

    Finnish

  • biventrikulaarinen sydämen vajaatoiminta
  • biventrikulär svikt
  • CHF
  • congestive heart failure
  • hjärtinkompensation UNS
  • hjärtinsufficiens
  • incompensatio cordis NAS
  • insufficientia biventricularis
  • insufficientia cordis
  • insufficientia cordis congestiva
  • insufficientia cordis NAS
  • insufficientia cordis non specificata
  • kongestiivinen sydäninsuffisienssi
  • kongestiivinen sydänsairaus
  • molempien kammioiden vajaatoiminta
  • morbus cordis congestivus
  • ospecificerad hjärtinsufficiens
  • sydäninsuffisienssi
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön sydämen vajaatoiminta
  • Hjärtsvikt

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006333

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